Courses in Japanese (Division 401)

Japanese 101. Beginning Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Native or near-native speakers of Japanese are not eligible for this course.

An introductory course in the Japanese language consisting of oral-aural and written drills, laboratory work, reading, and composition. Hiragana, katakana, and a limited number of Chinese characters are progressively introduced following the acquisition of control of the sound system and a minimal number of basic structural patterns.

Japanese 102. Beginning Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 101. II. (5). (LR). Laboratory fee ($9) required.

An introductory course in the Japanese language consisting of oral-aural and written drills, laboratory work, reading, and composition. Hiragana, katakana, and a limited number of Chinese characters are progressively introduced following the acquisition of control of the sound system and a minimal number of basic structural patterns. A continuation of Japanese 101.

Japanese 201. Second-Year Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 102. Native or near-native speakers of Japanese are not eligible for this course.

Continuation of Beginning Japanese with increased emphasis on reading.

Japanese 202. Second-Year Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 201. II. (5). (LR). Laboratory fee ($9) required.

Continuation of Beginning Japanese with increased emphasis on reading. A continuation of Japanese 201.

Japanese 222/Great Books 222/Asian Studies 222. Great Books of Japan.

(Culture Courses/Literature Courses)

(4). (HU).

Introduction in translation to books which have influenced the Japanese people through the ages.

Japanese 225. Calligraphy.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 101. (1). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of three credits.

Students learn the art of Japanese Calligraphy at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Japanese 250/Asian Studies 252. Undergraduate Seminar in Japanese Culture.

(Culture Courses/Literature Courses)

No knowledge of Japanese language is required. (3). (HU). May be repeated with department permission.

This undergraduate seminar offers lower division LS&A students a small group learning experience. Students explore a subject of particular interest in collaboration with a faculty member in the area of Japanese Culture.

Japanese 361. Intensive Beginning Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Permission of instructor. (10). (LR).

An accelerated ten-week summer course equivalent of Japanese 101-102. Application required – contact department office.

Japanese 362. Intensive Second-Year Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 102 or 361, and permission of instructor. (10). (LR).

An accelerated ten-week summer course equivalent of Japanese 201-202. Application required – contact department office.

Japanese 375/Asian Studies 375. Japanese Popular Music.

(Language Courses)

(3). (HU).

This course deals with both historical and contemporary forms of popular music in Japan. Amateur and professional music-making, as well as vernacular discourse about music (in translation) are treated as resources for thinking about the culture and experience of the populace, and ways in which they have been distinct from the 'high' culture of Japan's elites.

Japanese 378. Advanced Spoken Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 202 or 362. (1). (Excl). May be repeated for credit.

A course specifically designed to develop advanced skills in conversational spoken Japanese, systematically utilizing video-taped and tape-recorded teaching materials.

Japanese 379. Advanced Spoken Japanese II.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 378. (1). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of two credits.

This course is a continuation of Japanese 378, a course specifically designed to develop advanced skills in conversational spoken Japanese, systematically utilizing video-taped and tape recorded teaching materials.

Japanese 391. Honors Course in Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Permission of the department. (2). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT).

Directed readings aimed at the writing of analytical papers and/or the Honors thesis.

Japanese 392. Honors Course in Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Permission of the department. (2). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT).

Directed readings aimed at the writing of analytical papers and/or the Honors thesis.

Japanese 393. Honors Course in Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Permission of the department. (2). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT).

Directed readings aimed at the writing of analytical papers and/or the Honors thesis.

Japanese 394. Honors Course in Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Permission of the department. (2). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT).

Directed readings aimed at the writing of analytical papers and/or the Honors thesis.

Japanese 399. Directed Reading.

(Language Courses)

Permission of the department. (1-3). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.

Individual work and directed reading for undergraduate concentrators. Must be arranged with an instructor.

Japanese 400/Asian Studies 400. Love and Death in Japanese Culture.

(Culture Courses/Literature Courses)

A knowledge of Japanese is not required. (4). (HU).

This course covers issues of Love and Death in Japan, and how it is portrayed in Japanese Literature. In this course, students read a variety of premodern literature, including portions of the Tale of Genji and the Tale of Heike. All literature is read in a cultural context.

Japanese 401/Asian Studies 401. Japanese Literature in Translation: the Premodern.

(Culture Courses/Literature Courses)

A knowledge of Japanese is not required. (3). (HU).

Selected genres and works of classical Japanese literature from the earliest period (seventh century A.D.) to the end of the sixteenth century. Readings include selections from the great poetic anthology Man'yoshu; the complete Tale of Genji, Japan's supreme masterpiece of classical fiction; essays and diaries from the Court period; medieval war tales; and selected noh plays.

Japanese 402/Asian Studies 402. Japanese Literature in Translation: Edo and Modern Periods.

(Culture Courses/Literature Courses)

A knowledge of Japanese is not required. (3). (HU).

Selected works and genres of late medieval and modern Japanese literature. Readings include seventeenth-century tales of urban life, haiku and kabuki plays, and mainly fiction from the modern period by such authors as Natsume Soseki, Kawabata Yasunari, Tanizaki Junichiro, and Mishima Yukio.

Japanese 405. Third-Year Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 202. Native or near-native speakers of Japanese are not eligible for this course.

Concentrated readings in modern Japanese aimed at acquisition of control of the 1850 characters in common use. Composition and an introduction to the basic dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other useful reference works constitute an integral part of the course.

Japanese 406. Third-Year Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 405. II. (5). (Excl).

Concentrated readings in modern Japanese aimed at acquisition of control of the 1850 characters in common use. Composition and an introduction to the basic dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other useful reference works constitute an integral part of the course. A continuation of Japanese 405.

Japanese 407. Advanced Readings in Modern Japanese Literature.

(Culture Courses/Literature Courses)

Japanese 406. (3). (Excl).

A reading course in modern Japanese Literature with an emphasis on short stories and essays by such representative authors as Shiga, Tanizaki, Kawabata, and Mishima.

Japanese 408. Advanced Readings in Modern Japanese Literature.

(Culture Courses/Literature Courses)

Japanese 407. (3). (Excl).

A reading course in modern Japanese Literature with an emphasis on short stories and essays by such representative authors as Shiga, Tanizaki, Kawabata, and Mishima.

Japanese 411. Intensive Third-Year Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 202 or 362, and permission of instructor. (10). (Excl).

An accelerated ten-week summer course equivalent of Japanese 405-406. Application required – contact department office.

Japanese 413. Readings in Japanese Studies I.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 202 or 362. I. (4). (Excl).

Readings course designed for students planning to pursue a career in Japanese studies ressearch at the graduate level. Intensified instruction on how to develop reading ability through the reading of a variety of materials is given during the first half of the term, after which the acquired techniques are applied to reading materials in studentsí interest areas.

Japanese 414. Readings in Japanese Studies II.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 413. II. (4). (Excl).

Readings course designed for students planning to pursue a career in Japanese studies ressearch at the graduate level. Intensified instruction on how to develop reading ability through the reading of a variety of materials is given during the first half of the term, after which the acquired techniques are applied to reading materials in studentsí interest areas.

Japanese 416. Communicative Competence for Japan-Oriented Careers.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 406, 411; and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).

This course stresses effective communication in the use of the Japanese spoken language in contexts likely to be encountered by a career-oriented professional in Japan. A minimum of 2 hours of active tape preparation is required for each class hour.

Japanese 417. Communicative Competence for Japan-Oriented Careers II.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 406, 411. (3). (Excl).

This course is a continuation of Japanese 416, designed to stress effective communication in the use of the Japanese spoken language in contexts likely to be encountered by professionals in Japan.

Japanese 421. Intensive Introduction to Technical Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 202 or 362. A maximum of 10 credits may be elected through Japanese 421, 445, and 446. IIIb. (10). (Excl).

This course is designed to help the student consolidate knowledge of basic Japanese grammar and syntax while introducing the linguistic conventions of technological discourse.

Japanese 445. Readings in Technical Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 406, 421, or 411. A maximum of 10 credits may be elected through Japanese 421, 445, and 446. I. (4). (Excl).

This course seeks to train fourth-year level Japanese language students to read specialized journals and reports in technical fields.

Japanese 446. Readings in Technical Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 445. A maximum of 10 credits may be elected through Japanese 421, 445, and 446. II. (4). (Excl).

This course seeks to train fourth-year level Japanese language students to read specialized journals and reports in technical fields.

Japanese 450. Undergraduate Seminar in Japanese Literature.

(Culture Courses/Literature Courses)

Japanese 401 or 402. Knowledge of Japanese is not required. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of six credits with permission of the instructor.

This course enables students to read and discuss Japanese literature in a seminar setting. Readings (in translation) vary from year to year, but the focus is primarily on fiction.

Japanese 451. Fourth-Year Japanese I.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 406. (Excl).

The goal of the course is the acquisition of linguistic, pragmatic, and sociocultural competence in all four skills in advanced level.

Japanese 452. Fourth-Year Japanese II.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 451. (4). (Excl).

The goal of the course is the acquisition of linguistic, pragmatic, and sociocultural competence in all four skills in advanced level.

Japanese 461. Social Science Readings in Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 406. (4). (Excl). May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.

Graded readings in Japanese social science subject matter, including materials from newspapers, periodicals, and learned journals.

Japanese 475. Japanese Cinema.

(Culture Courses/Literature Courses)

A knowledge of Japanese is not required. (3). (Excl). Laboratory fee ($50) required.

An examination through selected films of the aesthetic, cultural, and thematic elements that have contributed to the significant and unique form of artistic expression that is Japanese cinema.

Japanese 490. Introduction to Japanese Linguistics.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 202. (3). (HU).

An introduction to the analysis and description of the sounds and grammatical structures of Japanese and to the study of Japanese dialects and the history of the language. Special emphasis is given to the application of the content of this course to the teaching of Japanese as a second language. Opportunities for some practice teaching may be arranged.

Japanese 491. Advanced Topics in Japanese Linguistics.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 202 or 362, and Ling. 411; or Japanese 490. (3; 2 in the half-term). (Excl).

This course covers advanced topics in Japanese linguistics in the areas of morphology, semantics, discourse analysis, syntax and sociolinguistics.

Japanese 541. Classical Japanese.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 406 and 408. (4). (Excl).

An introduction to the classical written language, with emphasis on its stuctural characteristics; reading and close analysis of selected texts from the tenth through the nineteenth century.

Japanese 551. Classical Japanese Prose.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 542. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.

Readings in selected texts (normally Genji monogatari.

Japanese 552. Medieval Japanese Prose.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 542. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.

Readings in selected texts (normally Heike monogatari.

Japanese 554. Modern Japanese Literature.

(Language Courses)

Japanese 406 and 408. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.

Readings in selected Japanese texts.

Japanese 557. Seminar in Japanese Image Culture.

(Culture Courses/Literature Courses)

Japanese 406. (3). (Excl). Laboratory fee ($50) required.

This is a topics course for Japanese graduate students, CJS MA students, or advanced undergraduates. Course topics vary depending on the faculty teaching the course.