JPNB38 Visiting Professor's Course

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
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
Timetable
Mon 23. 9. 10:00–11:40 B2.43, Tue 24. 9. 8:00–11:40 B2.43, Wed 25. 9. 10:00–11:40 B2.43, Thu 26. 9. 8:00–11:40 B2.43, Fri 27. 9. 8:00–11:40 D21, Mon 30. 9. 8:00–11:40 B2.43
Prerequisites
JPN121 Japanese language II - Theory
Basic knowledge of modern Japanese. Solid knowledge of English.
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 main aim of this course is to offer a comprehensive and coherent course of the field of Japanese studies, concentrating on the specialization of the lecturer. The lecturer is a specialist from a foreign research/education institution whose field of expertise complements or reaches beyond regular courses of the Japanese studies programme at the Faculty of Arts.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to:
provide basic characteristics of the field of study related to the lectures;
describe and define basic concepts;
navigate in the basic literature related to the topics of the lectures;
actively participate in lectures held in English;
write a paper in English on specific topic.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction of the course
  • 2. Lecture I: Basic concepts
  • 3. Lecture II
  • 4. Lecture III
  • 5. Lecture IV
  • 6. In-term summary
  • 7. Lecture V 
  • 8. Lecture VI
  • 9. Lecture VII
  • 10. Summary of the course
Literature
  • NAKAMURA, Yoshihisa (ed.). Ninchi bunpóron II. Tokyo: Taishúkan shoten. 2004. ISBN 978-4-4692-1285-3
  • NAKAMURA, Yoshihisa, UEHARA, Satoshi. Raneká no (kan)shukansei to sono tenkai. Tokyo: Kaitakusha. 2016. ISBN 978-4-7589-2225-8
  • TSUBOMOTO, Atsuró et. al. (eds.). "Uchi" to "soto" no gengogaku. Tokyo: Kaitakusha. 2009. ISBN 978-4-7589-2145-9
Teaching methods
Lectures with PowerPoint presentations, handouts and other materials; discussion on selected points of the presented topics.
Assessment methods
Final paper.
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023.
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