FF:JPNB38 Visiting Professor's Course - Course Information

JPNB38 Visiting Professor's Course

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught online.

Teacher(s)

Mgr. František Paulovič, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Matela, M.A., Ph.D. (alternate examiner)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Jiří Matela, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jiří Matela, M.A., Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites

JPN111 Japanese language I - theory
Basic knowledge of modern Japanese.

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

• Japanese Studies (programme FF, B-JA_) (3)

Course objectives

Title of the course: The Metamorphosis of Modernism in Space of Japanese poetry
The aim of this course is to provide a coherent overview of the evolution of Modernism in Modern Japanese Poetry. At the end of the course, students should have a better understanding of the evolution of modernist poetry and movements in Japan and should be able to view Modernism in the broader context of free-verse poetry as well as in the context of Modern Japanese literature.

Learning outcomes

After finishing the course the student will be able to:
- describe trends in the evolution of modern Japanese poetry;
- identify the main features of surrealism and its manifestations in the Japanese literary production;
- characterize main authors of modernist styles in the Japanese poetic production

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction to the modernism and surrealism in Japan 1
• 2. Introduction to the modernism and surrealism in Japanese literature 1
• 3. Genesis of free verse in Japanese poetry
• 4. Japanese futurism and dada
• 5. Tomoyoshi Murayama a MAVO movement
• 6. Literary scene and the main magazine Shi to shiron
• 7. Junzaburo Nishiwaki 1
• 8. Junzaburo Nishiwaki 2
• 9. First Japanese anthology of surrealist poetry Fukuikutaru kafu yo (1927)
• 10. Shuzo Takiguchi and Katsue Kitasono

Literature

recommended literature
• LINHARTOVÁ, Věra. Dada et surréalisme au Japon. (1987)
• SAS, Miryam. Fault lines: Cultural Memory and Japanese Surrealism. (2002)
• SOLT, John. Shredding the Tapestry of Meaning: The Poetry and Poetics of Kitasono Katue (1902-1978). (1999)
• HIRATA, Hosea. The Poetry and Poetics of Nishiwaki Junzaburo: Modernism in Translation. (1993)
• KEENE, Donald. Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature in the Modern Era. (1984)

not specified
• JAMASAKI, Kajoko. Japanska avangardna poezija (2004)

Teaching methods

Lectures, discussion

Assessment methods

Active participation in classes, final exam. Minimal requirements - 60 %. Evaluation structure: Active participation - 70 %, final exam - 30 %. Grading scale - A: 100-92%, B: 91-84%, C: 83-76%, D: 75-68%, E: 67-90%, FX: 59-0%.

Language of instruction

Slovak

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught: in blocks.

Teacher's information

Primary sources:

SAWA, Masahiro 澤正宏 – WADA, Hirofumi 和田博文.日本のシューレアリスム (1995)

WADA, Hirofumi (ed.) 和田博文 コレクション日本シュールレアリスム (2000) 定本西脇順三郎全集 (1994-1995)

SHIRAKAWA, Yoshio 白川昌生 日本のダダ 1920–1970 (2005)

TSURUOKA, Yoshihisa 鶴岡善久.日本超現実主義詩論 (1970)

TSURUOKA, Yoshihisa (ed.) 鶴岡善久編.モダニズム詩集１ (2003)

NISHIWAKI, Junzaburo 西脇順三郎.シュルレアリスム文学論 (1930)

NISHIWAKI, Junzaburo 西脇順三郎.超現實主義詩論 (1929)

NIIKURA, Toshikazu 新倉俊一 西脇順三郎全詩引喩集成 (1982)

Fukuikutaru kafu yo 馥郁タル火夫ヨ (1927)

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