JAPN 402: Japanese Literature
Course Description:
This course aims to develop advanced proficiency through introducing various aspects of modern Japanese literature, including short stories and significant works by authors of the modern period. Taught in Japanese.
Narrative:
JAPN 402 fulfills MLO 1 and 2. Where JAPN 300 taught us different ways of communication, this class taught us about different styles of writing in Japanese. We learned about a number of different authors and their works. These works included free verse poems, haikus and a number of short stories from authors that had very different writing styles and tones. For each author, we would spend a couple of weeks reading and discussing his or her works. At the start of a new author, we would spend the first class briefly discussing their life and their works, their signature writing style or theme if they had one, what kind of life they lived etc. At the end of that class we would usually get a vocabulary and kanji list to study for a quiz in the next class. The following two or three classes would be spent reading the authors works and analyzing the content, and answering questions to check for comprehension of the material. Aside from the in class activities we were also required to write reflective essays on some of the stories and connect how the morals of those stories applied to our lives, and wrote our own poems and short stories. The final project of the class was a book report and powerpoint presentation on a book of our choosing from one of the authors that we read.
This class satisfied both MLO 1 and 2. There was plenty of language learning in this class. A lot of the time spent in class was learning about all kinds of expressions and idioms as well as kanji. For example, some of the authors used older fashioned Japanese so we would have to figure out what they were saying. as for MLO 2, Literature is a huge part of any culture and often reflects the time period in which it was written. Reading the stories of various time periods and Japan gave great insight into its rich culture.
This course aims to develop advanced proficiency through introducing various aspects of modern Japanese literature, including short stories and significant works by authors of the modern period. Taught in Japanese.
Narrative:
JAPN 402 fulfills MLO 1 and 2. Where JAPN 300 taught us different ways of communication, this class taught us about different styles of writing in Japanese. We learned about a number of different authors and their works. These works included free verse poems, haikus and a number of short stories from authors that had very different writing styles and tones. For each author, we would spend a couple of weeks reading and discussing his or her works. At the start of a new author, we would spend the first class briefly discussing their life and their works, their signature writing style or theme if they had one, what kind of life they lived etc. At the end of that class we would usually get a vocabulary and kanji list to study for a quiz in the next class. The following two or three classes would be spent reading the authors works and analyzing the content, and answering questions to check for comprehension of the material. Aside from the in class activities we were also required to write reflective essays on some of the stories and connect how the morals of those stories applied to our lives, and wrote our own poems and short stories. The final project of the class was a book report and powerpoint presentation on a book of our choosing from one of the authors that we read.
This class satisfied both MLO 1 and 2. There was plenty of language learning in this class. A lot of the time spent in class was learning about all kinds of expressions and idioms as well as kanji. For example, some of the authors used older fashioned Japanese so we would have to figure out what they were saying. as for MLO 2, Literature is a huge part of any culture and often reflects the time period in which it was written. Reading the stories of various time periods and Japan gave great insight into its rich culture.
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