JAPAN 264: Introduction to Premodern Japanese (JAPAN 164)
Readings from Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, and early Edo periods with focus on grammar and reading comprehension. Prerequisite:
JAPANLNG 129B or 103, or equivalent.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Harrison, L. (PI)
JAPAN 270: The Tale of Genji and Its Historical Reception (JAPAN 170)
Approaches to the tale including 12th-century allegorical and modern feminist readings. Influence upon other works including poetry, Noh plays, short stories, modern novels, and comic book ( manga) retellings. Prerequisite for graduate students:
JAPANLNG 129B or 103, or equivalent.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
JAPAN 287: Pictures of the Floating World: Images from Japanese Popular Culture (ARTHIST 287, ARTHIST 487X)
Printed objects produced during the Edo period (1600-1868), including the Ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) and lesser-studied genres such as printed books (ehon) and popular broadsheets (kawaraban). How a society constructs itself through images. The borders of the acceptable and censorship; theatricality, spectacle, and slippage; the construction of play, set in conflict against the dominant neo-Confucian ideology of fixed social roles.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
JAPAN 297: Points in Japanese Grammar (JAPAN 197)
(Formerly
JAPANLIT157/257) The course provides practical but in-depth analyses of selected points in Japanese grammar that are often difficult to acquire within the limited hours of language courses. We consider findings from linguistic research, focusing on differences between similar expressions and distinctions that may not be salient in English, with the aim to provide systematic analytical background for more advanced understanding of the language. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG23 or equivalent for
JAPAN197; JAPANLNG103 or equivalent for
JAPAN297.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-4
Instructors:
Matsumoto, Y. (PI)
JAPAN 299: Master's Thesis or Translation
A total of 5 units, taken in one or more quarters.nn (Staff)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
JAPAN 399: Dissertation Research
For doctoral students in Japanese working on dissertations.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-12
JAPAN 801: TGR Project
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
for credit
JAPAN 802: TGR Dissertation
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
for credit
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