INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE LITERATURE*

概要

***Register on MOODLE immediately after you register on LOYOLA*** ***Follow directions on MOODLE for the on-demand and face-to-face meetings*** This course focuses on Japanese literature and the art of fiction and poetry. We will introduce selected representative works of Japanese literature, with an emphasis on the modern period (Meiji and after), though a few pre-modern works will be included to examine literary links in the Japanese tradition. While we enjoy a text for its content (i.e. the plot and its social and cultural context), we also want to study how the content is presented (i.e. the form).

目標

One important emphasis of this course is how to read a literary text: we will learn about imagery, metaphors, narrative voice, characterization, allusions, narrative persona, etc. as we study Japanese literature. This course should enable you to acquire the rudimentary critical language to make evaluative judgment of a literary text as well as introductory knowledge of Japanese literature.

授業外の学習

Reading assignments, watching recorded lectures (100 minutes) Review lectures, preparing for quizzes, taking quizzes (90 minutes)

所要時間: 190 minutes