JPN214 Japanese literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Ivan Rumánek, PhD. et PhD (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Ivan Rumánek, PhD. et PhD
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 16:00–17:40 D21
Prerequisites
JPN124 History of Japan && JPN114 Introduction to Japan. Studies && ! JAP302 Japanese literature && !NOWANY( JAP302 Japanese literature )
Prerequisite: the student must have finished courses Úvod do japanistiky and Dějiny Japonska.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The goal of the course is to acquire basic knowledge about Japanese literature from the point of view of its periodization, genres and authorial approaches. The course has a theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part provides the basic overview. Based on that, the students will subsequently discuss the literary works they have read, thus enhancing the theoretical knowledge in practice.
Learning outcomes
Student will have the elementary knowledge of Japanese literature, its periods, genres and authorial approaches.
The student will appreciate the direct insight by reading and will have a clear idea of the internal interrelatedness of Japanese literature, identifies its periods, genres and important authors and is aware of the mutual relationships between works of literature, as well as their relation to other non-literary spheres like the role of the period and ambience, authorial intention, influences and receptions, and limitations.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction.
  • 2. Chronicles.
  • 3. Emanating China: early poetry.
  • 4. Emancipation of vernacular writing (Heian).
  • 5. Heian prose.
  • 6. Turning back to the gold Heian times (Kamakura).
  • 7. New prestigeous forms for the new shogunate (Muromachi).
  • 8. Literature for townspeople. (Edo).
  • 9. Old and new (Edo, Meiji).
  • 10. After the war.
  • 11. viewing of the latest film representation of The Tale of Genji.
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
The basic structure of the course is chronological, with further emphasis on diachronic relations of intertextual and contextual character. The focus is on pre-modern literature. The attendance on the sessions is compulsory.
Assessment methods
The submission of reading essays is the condition for the admission to the final examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Opakovaný zápis je možný pouze se souhlasem vyučujícího.
Teacher's information
The subject will not be open regularly every year, but minimum once in two years. Part of the course is sefl-study - reading - of selected works, including the first part of the Tale of Genji, and writing essays on the reading.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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