J7 Literary Japanese 古文 - Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern

J7
Literary Japanese
古文
University of Cambridge
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
2012-13
Syllabus
Dr Laura Moretti
[email protected]
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Introduction
Welcome to Literary Japanese!
This course is a comprehensive introduction to literary Japanese, in other words to Classical Japanese.
When reading manuals on the history of the Japanese language written in English, you will note that
Classical Japanese often refers to the kind of written language which was used in texts produced from the Heian
period to the end of the Muromachi period. After the Muromachi period, linguists recognize the shift from
Classical Japanese to Modern Japanese. This course will challenge this view, by offering a systematic analysis of
Japanese grammar in texts produced from the Heian to the Edo period. You will learn the rules of classical
Japanese grammar and you will reflect upon what is retained as well as what is changed in Edo-period texts. You
will also be prompted to reflect upon the use of a variety of scripts in a variety of calligraphic styles in texts
produced between the Heian period and the Edo period. In the meanwhile you will familiarize yourself with
some of the vocabulary used in prose and poetry from the Heian to the Edo period.
More specifically, this course will allow you to develop both knowledge and skills.
Knowledge
o Learn classical Japanese grammar in a systematic fashion, by combining the use of grammars with the analysis
of primary sources written in classical Japanese.
o Get exposed to a variety of texts that cover the Heian, Kamakura Muromachi and the Edo periods.
o Expand your knowledge of Japanese pre-modern literature.
o Develop an appreciation for texts in their original format and familiarize yourself with the existence of a
variety of scripts.
o Understand how classical Japanese evolved in time.
Field-related skills
o Get familiar with the tools at your disposal when dealing with classical texts, by developing the ability to
locate, access and use them in an independent fashion.
o Learn what a critical edition is, what kinds of critical editions you can use and how to use them in an
informed way.
Transferrable skills
o Develop decision-making skills.
! You will be requested to memorize grammar, but your reading skills will entail a great deal of interpretation
and, as a consequence, of decision making!
o Develop critical thinking.
o Engage in intellectual debates.
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o Develop the ability to revise your own work and decisions on the basis of evidence.
What will this course allow you to gain, apart from the aforementioned set of knowledge and skills?
Because of the way seminars are conducted, you will be able to:
o Gain a better understanding of modern Japanese, as you will
 Translate not only in English but also from classical Japanese into modern Japanese
 Learn new vocabulary which will allow you to talk in a learned way
 Understand the roots of modern grammar
o Gain access to sources which might otherwise be inaccessible
…and many other things that you will discover by yourself while attending the seminars!
Time and place of lectures/seminars
Tuesday, 9-10, Room 9 (Check rooms again in Lent and Easter Terms)
Thursday, 9-10, Room 314 (Check rooms again in Lent and Easter Terms)
Teaching style
The majority of the classes will take the form of seminars. Therefore classes will constitute your supervision.
You will be asked to:
o Conduct an analysis of the grammar (following the style applied in the second week of classes).
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Translate grammatical structures into contemporary Japanese when requested to do so.
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Translate the whole passage in English.
Your peers will:
o Comment on your work on the basis of the analysis that they made.
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Make suggestions about other possible interpretations and/or translations.
Hands-on sessions
In Lent Term, I shall organize a visit to the collection of pre-Meiji books held at the University Library and a
visit to the collection of Japanese prints at the Fitzwilliam Museum. These visits are not compulsory and will not
count towards the exam. They are thought as ways to deepen your knowledge of the formats through which
texts written in classical Japanese were circulated. If you are interested in taking part in these hands-on sessions,
please do send an email to [email protected] by October 30, 2012 indicating the days and hours when you are
free from other classes.
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Drop-in sessions
The pace of this course is fast and demanding. If you feel that you are falling behind, please do not struggle
alone. Do come and visit me! I shall be available for drop-in sessions during term-time every Tuesday from 11
am to 12 pm. The office is located on the third floor of the Faculty (office 315). You can come alone or with
your colleague/s.
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Content and Schedule
Michaelmas Term
Date
Contents
Notes
Teaching style
Oct 4
Introduction to the course and to the
basics of classical Japanese grammar
Introduction to the course
1. Basic tools
 Richard Bowring’s Classical Japanese Grammar Notes
 Haruo Shirane, Classical Japanese (Columbia University Press,
2005)
 『旺文社古語辞典別冊』（助動詞・助詞の早分かり表）
 『古典文法必出 46 ポイントで合格を決める』
 Other useful materials
Interactive lecture
2. Verbs 動詞 and adjectives 形容詞・形容動詞
Oct 9
The basics of classical Japanese
grammar
3. Suffixes 助動詞
Interactive lecture
Oct 11
The basics of classical Japanese
grammar
4. Particles 助詞 and bound particles 係助詞 (kakari joshi)
5. Connectives 接続助詞 (setsuzoku joshi)
Interactive lecture
Brief introduction to dictionaries for classical Japanese (kogo
jiten 古語辞典) both in paper and electronic format
(JapanKnowledge http://www.jkn21.com/koten/displaymain)
Oct 16
Oct 18
Oct 23
Oct 25
Oct 30
Hōjōki (Kamakura period)
方丈記
Hōjōki (Kamakura period)
方丈記
Hōjōki (Kamakura period)
方丈記
Hōjōki (Kamakura period)
方丈記
Hōjōki (Kamakura period)
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学体系
Interactive lecture
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学体系
Seminar
Critical edition in 新編日本古典文学全集
Seminar
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学体系
Seminar
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学体系
Seminar
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Nov 6
Nov 8
Nov 13
Nov 15
Nov 20
Nov 22
Nov 27
Nov 29
方丈記
Hōjōki (Kamakura period)
方丈記
Hōjōki (Kamakura period)
方丈記
Hōjōki (Kamakura period)
方丈記
Hōjōki (Kamakura period)
方丈記
Hōjōki (Kamakura period)
方丈記
Hōjōki (Kamakura period)
方丈記
Hōjōki (Kamakura period)
方丈記
Hōjōki (Kamakura period)
方丈記
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学体系
Seminar
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学体系
Seminar
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学体系
Seminar
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学体系
Seminar
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学体系
Seminar
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学体系
Seminar
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学体系
Seminar
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学体系
Seminar
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Lent Term
Week
Contents
Notes
Teaching style
Jan 17
Ise monogatari 伊勢物語 1
Heian period
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学大系
Seminar
Jan 22
Ise monogatari 伊勢物語 6
Heian period
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学大系
Seminar
Jan 24
Ise monogatari 伊勢物語 9
Heian period
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学大系
Seminar
Jan 29
Ise monogatari 伊勢物語 12
Heian period
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学大系
Seminar
Jan 31
Ise monogatari 伊勢物語 23
Heian period
Critical edition in 新日本古典文学大系
Seminar
Feb 5
Introduction to the world of waka 和歌
Overview of different types of Japanese poetry
Introduction to materials that you need for studying waka
Rhetorical techniques in waka
Seminar
Work on the text at first sight in class to bring back what you hav
learnt in Michaelmas Term.
Taught by Dr Rebekah Clements
Feb 7
Introduction to the world of waka 和歌
Rhetorical techniques in waka (continued)
Application of this new knowledge to the Ise monogatari poems
Seminar
Taught by Dr Rebekah Clements
Feb 12
Urashima Tarō
Muromachi period
Critical edition in 新編日本古典文学全集
Seminar
Feb 14
Urashima Tarō
Muromachi period
Critical edition in 新編日本古典文学全集
Seminar
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Feb 19
Urashima Tarō
Muromachi period
Critical edition in 新編日本古典文学全集
Seminar
Feb 21
Urashima Tarō
Muromachi period
Critical edition in 新編日本古典文学全集
Seminar
Feb 26
Inu hōjōki 犬方丈記 (selected passages)
Edo period
This is an adaptation of Hōjōki to the disasters that hit Japan in the
17th century
Seminar
Diplomatic transcription included in 仮名草子集成
Feb 28
Inu hōjōki 犬方丈記 (selected passages)
Edo period
Diplomatic transcription included in 仮名草子集成
Seminar
Mar 5
Nise monogatari 仁勢物語(1,6,9,12,23)
Edo period
This is a humorous minimal parody made at the beginning of the
Edo period.
Seminar
Critical edition in 日本古典文学大系
Mar 7
Nise monogatari 仁勢物語(1,6,9,12,23)
Edo period
Critical edition in 日本古典文学大系
Seminar
Mar 12
Nise monogatari 仁勢物語(1,6,9,12,23)
Edo period
Critical edition in 日本古典文学大系
Seminar
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Easter Term
Date
Contents
Notes
Goals
Apr 25
Ikkyū banashi 一休ばなし
Edo period
Critical edition in 新編日本古典文学全集
Seminar
Apr 30
Ikkyū banashi 一休ばなし
Edo period
Critical edition in 新編日本古典文学全集
Seminar
May 2
Ikkyū banashi 一休ばなし
Edo period
Critical edition in 新編日本古典文学全集
Seminar
May 7
Ikkyū banashi 一休ばなし
Edo period
Critical edition in 新編日本古典文学全集
Seminar
May 9
Chikusai 竹斎
Edo period
Critical edition in 日本古典文学大系
Seminar
May 14
Chikusai 竹斎
Edo period
Critical edition in 日本古典文学大系
Seminar
May 16
Chikusai 竹斎
Edo period
Critical edition in 日本古典文学大系
Seminar
May 21
Chikusai 竹斎
Edo period
Critical edition in 日本古典文学大系
Seminar
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Reading list
 Compulsory readings
Primary Sources (in the order they appear in the schedule - only the sections that we cover in class)
Hōjōki 方丈記, in Satake Akihiro 佐竹昭広, Kobota Jun 久保田淳(eds.), Shin Nihon koten bungaku taikei 新日本古典文学
大系, vol. 39 (Tokyo: Iwanami shoten, 1989).
Ise monogatari 伊勢物語, in Horiuchi Hideaki 堀内秀晃, Akiyama Ken 秋山虔 (eds.), Shin Nihon koten bungaku taikei 新日
本古典文学大系, vol. 17 (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1997).
Urashima no Tarō 浦島の太郎, in Ōshima Tatehiko 大島建彦, Watari Kōichi 渡浩一 (eds.), Muromachi monogatari sōshi shū
室町物語草子集, Shinpen Nihon koten bungaku zenshū 新編日本古典文学全集 , vol. 63 (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2002).
[Accessible on JapanKnowledge http://www.jkn21.com/koten/displaymain]
Inu Hōjōki 犬方丈記, in Asakura Haruhiko 朝倉治彦 (ed.), Kanazōshi shūsei 仮名草子集成, vol. 4 (Tokyo: Tōkyōdō
shuppan, 1983).
Nise monogatari 仁勢物語, in Maeda Kingorō 前田金五郎, Morita Takeshi 森田武 (eds.), Kanazōshi shū 仮名草子集,
Nihon koten bungaku taikei 日本古典文学体系, vol. 90 (Tokyo: Iwanami shoten, 1965).
Ikkyū banashi 一休ばなし, in Taniwaki Masachika 谷脇理史, Inoue Kazuhito 井上和人, Oka Masahiko 岡雅彦 (eds.),
Kanazōshi shū 仮名草子集, Shinpen Nihon koten bungaku zenshū 新編日本古典文学全集, vol. 64 (Tokyo: Shogakukan,
1999). [Accessible on JapanKnowledge http://www.jkn21.com/koten/displaymain]
Chikusai 竹斎, in Maeda Kingorō 前田金五郎, Morita Takeshi 森田武 (eds.), Kanazōshi shū 仮名草子集, Nihon koten
bungaku taikei 日本古典文学体系, vol. 90 (Tokyo: Iwanami shoten, 1965).
Grammatical tools
Richard Bowring, Classical Japanese Grammar Notes
[You need to have read it all by Tuesday 09 October and we shall refer to it throughout the whole academic
year]
Tables of suffixes (jodōshi 助動詞) and particles (joshi 助詞) [distributed in photocopy].
[You need to memorize the contents of these tables by the end of Michaelmas Term]
Notes distributed in class for each of the primary sources
 Suggested readings
Grammar books in English
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Ikeda, Takashi. Classical Japanese Grammar Illustrated with Texts (Tokyo: The Tōhō Gakkai, 1980) [In the Faculty
Library: J764.2, J764.2]
[It is an excellent grammar, though a little bit dated]
McCullough, Helen Craig. Bungo Manual. Selected Reference Materials for Students of Classical Japanese (Ithaca, New
York: Cornell East Asia Program, 1988). [In the Faculty Library: J764.10]
[It is a very detailed grammar. The only thing you need to be aware of is that it uses only rōmaji!]
Shirane, Haruo. Classical Japanese. A Grammar (New York: Columbia University Press, 2005). [In the Faculty
Library: J763.1, J763.1a, J763.1b]
[This is, to date, the most comprehensive and updated grammar of Classical Japanese in English]
Grammar books in Japanese
Yamaguchi Akiho 山口明穂, Koten bunpō hisshu 古典文法必須, Bessatsu Kokubungaku 別冊國文学, vol. 38.
[Advanced grammar]
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