This course aims to familiarize the interested student with a more sophisticated level of Japanese. It will explain the grammar in detail, allowing the student not only to read classical texts such as the H?j?ki, but also to integrate the literary language into the student’s general understanding of the Japanese language by observing its use and relationship to modern Japanese. ?? vs. ??: These two terms are often used to dichotomize Japanese the language into the modern language and the classical language. While this is not incorrect, it is also incomplete. As the Chinese characters indicate, k?go stands for spoken Japanese while bungo represents literary Japanese, a written language that is in use even today. The titles of the television drama?????? ?????????and the Miyazaki anime??????are just two examples to show that literary Japanese is not limited to premodern Japanese. Novels from the Meiji period, newspapers from the Taisho period and government documents written through the mid-20th century cannot be read without a knowledge of bungo. Indeed, snippets of bungo inserted into the dialogue of contemporary trendy drama demonstrates a continuing use and understanding of the literary grammar that many Western scholars mistakenly relegate to historical or premodern Japan. The course is conducted in Japanese and English. Pre-requisite: Japn 212. ">

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JAPN 362 - Bungo: Literary Japanese

Description
This course aims to familiarize the interested student with a more sophisticated level of Japanese. It will explain the grammar in detail, allowing the student not only to read classical texts such as the H?j?ki, but also to integrate the literary language into the student’s general understanding of the Japanese language by observing its use and relationship to modern Japanese. ?? vs. ??: These two terms are often used to dichotomize Japanese the language into the modern language and the classical language. While this is not incorrect, it is also incomplete. As the Chinese characters indicate, k?go stands for spoken Japanese while bungo represents literary Japanese, a written language that is in use even today. The titles of the television drama?????? ?????????and the Miyazaki anime??????are just two examples to show that literary Japanese is not limited to premodern Japanese. Novels from the Meiji period, newspapers from the Taisho period and government documents written through the mid-20th century cannot be read without a knowledge of bungo. Indeed, snippets of bungo inserted into the dialogue of contemporary trendy drama demonstrates a continuing use and understanding of the literary grammar that many Western scholars mistakenly relegate to historical or premodern Japan. The course is conducted in Japanese and English. Pre-requisite: Japn 212. 
Recent Professors
Recent Semesters
Fall 2019
Class Size
15
Credits
3
Attributes
Core:HALC - Hum, Art, Lit, Cul