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Lecturer(s)
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Abbasová Veronika, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Course introduction; Introduction to Poetry 2. The Beginnings of Japanese Poetry 3. The Golden Age of Waka: Seasons 4. The Golden Age of Waka: Love 5. Allusion and Codification 6. Play and Poetry: Uta-awase 7. Sinitic Japanese Poetry: Kanshi 8. Poetry in Translation: The Hyakunin isshu 9. Social Poetry: Renga 10. The Unorthodoxy of Haikai 11. Comic Poetry and the De-elegance-ing of Waka 12. Westernizing Waka into Tanka 13. New World; New Forms
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Homework for Teaching
- 65 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 35 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 26 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 26 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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In this seminar, we will survey English translations of one of the most ubiquitous aspects of Japan's literary tradition: poetry. From the thirty-one-syllable waka said to have been established by the gods to the social party game of linked renga to the "unorthodox" origins of haikai to the modern form of emotional expression of the tanka; poetry in Japan has a long history with "the human heart as seed and myriads of words as leaves." It is central to understanding the emotions, social relationships, literature, and private lives of people who have lived on the Japanese archipelago for the last 1500 years.
By the end of this course, students will be able to: - Differentiate between the major genres of Japanese poetry, summarize their features, and approximate the rough time period any particular poem was written. - Analyze the motifs of a poem and classify the traditional category the poem likely belongs to (eg. Seasonal, Love, Felicitations, etc.). - Identify commonly used poetic techniques in Japanese poetry (eg. mitate, utamakura, honkadori) and explain how their use affects the poem. - Debate about historical and contemporary interpretations of various poems and defend their own interpretation as it relates to their lived experiences. - Prepare a presentation on a famous poet or poetic motif. Produce a research-based paper or creative project that examines an element of Japanese poetry and answers a specific research question about it.
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Prerequisites
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Bachelor's degree in Japanese philology, sufficient knowledge of the Japanese language to work with primary and secondary texts in Japanese.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Systematic Observation of Student, Seminar Work
attendance, active participation in class, cca 1000 pages of compulsory reading - poetry selections from multiple anthologies, secondary sources and commentary (primary sources - 700 pages, secondary sources - 300 pages), student choice of assignments (discussions, Moodle posts, quizzes, short papers, presentations, game sessions), student choice of final (paper, project, anthology)
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Recommended literature
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Carter, Steven D. How to Read a Japanese Poem. Columbia University Press. 2019.
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Cranston, Edwin A. "Gosensh? Anonymous Poems." In A Waka Anthology, Volume 2: Grasses of Remembrance, 245?296. Stanford University Press. 2006.
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Kamens, Edward. Utamakura, Allusion, and Intertextuality in Traditional Japanese Poetry. Yale University Press. 1997.
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Keene, D. (1985). Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature of the Modern Era - Fiction, Poetry, Drama. New York.
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Keene, D. (1993). Seeds in the Heart. New York.
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Keene, D. (1976). World Within Walls. New York.
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Konishi, Jun'ichi, ed. "The Formation of Codified Renga" and "The Maturation of Renga." In A History of Japanese Literature, Volume 3: The High Middle Ages, 274?87 and 425?70. Princeton University Press. 2014.
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McCullough, Helen Craig, trans. Kokin Wakash?: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry ? With ?Tosa Nikki? and ?Shinsen Waka.?. Stanford University Press. 1985.
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Miner, E.; Odagiri, H.; Morrell, R. (1988). The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature. Princeton.
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Mostow, Joshua S. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. University of Hawai?i Press. 1996.
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Rodd, Laurel Rasplica, trans. Shinkokinshu: New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern. Brill. 2015.
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Shirane, Haruo, ed. Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600?1900. Columbia University Press. 2002.
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Švarcová, Z. (2005). Japonská literatura 712?1868. Praha.
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