JAP302 Japanese literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ivan Rumánek, PhD. et PhD (lecturer), Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 16:40–18:15 J22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquire basic knowledge about Japanese literature according to periods, genres and authorial approaches. The course has a theoretical and practical part. The former (first 8 sessions) will afford the fundamental overview. Based on this, the students will then give their presentations of literary works they will have read (last 4 sessions), discussing them and using in practice the knowledge previously acquired.
Syllabus
  • 1. History of Japanese literature or literature in Japanese history?
  • 2. Emanating China (Nara and early Heian: chronicles, poetry)
  • 3. Emancipation of vernacular writing (high Heian and late Heian: prose)
  • 4. Turning back to the golden heian times (Kamakura)
  • 5. New prestigeous forms for the new shogunate (Muromachi)
  • 6. Literature for townsmen (Edo)
  • 7. Old and new (from Meiji onwards)
  • 8. After the war: further old-and-new fracture
  • 9. – 12. presentations and discussion
Literature
    required literature
  • Švarcová, Zdenka. Japonská literatura 712–1868, Praha, Karolinum, 2005.
  • Winkelhoeferová, Vlasta: Slovník japonské literatury. Nakladatelství LIBRI, Praha 2008.
    recommended literature
  • Novák, Miroslav. Japonská literatura, sv. I, Praha: SPN, 1989.
  • Kató, Šúiči. Nihon bungaku ši,(sv. l a II), Tókjó: Čikuma šobó, 1975 a 1980.
  • Keen, Donald. Seeds in the Heart, Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century, New York, Henry Holt and Comp., 1993.
    not specified
  • Shirane, Haruo. Traces of Dreams (Landscape, Cultural Memory, and the Poetry of Bashó). Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 1998.
  • Keen, Donald. World within Walls (Japanese Literature of the pre-modern era), 1600 – 1867), New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976.
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussions, self-study selected readings.
Assessment methods
The assessment will have two parts: the assessment of the presentation of the translated piece of literature the student has read, and a final written examination. The assessment of the presentation forms 50% of the genereal assessment.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučující.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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