Graduate Courses for Japanese (JAPN)
Schedule of Classes:
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Summer
(Only current and next semester available)
JAPN 401 Readings in Modern Japanese I (3 credits)
Prerequisite: a grade of C (2.0) or better in JAPN302 or permission of
instructor.
Development of translation techniques, vocabulary, grammar, and reading
speed. Readings in history, social sciences, modern literature, and
modern newspaper and periodical literature.
JAPN 402 Readings in Modern Japanese II (3 credits)
Prerequisite: a grade of C (2.0) or better in JAPN401 or permission of
instructor.
Continuation of more advanced readings.
JAPN 403 Business Japanese I (3 credits)
Prerequisite: a grade of C (2.0) or better in JAPN302 or permission of
instructor.
Conversation, reading, and writing applicable to Japanese business
transactions, social meetings, and meetings with government
organizations, with background material in English on professional
business practices and social customs associated with business.
JAPN 404 Business Japanese II (3 credits)
Prerequisite: a grade of C (2.0) or better in JAPN403 or permission of
instructor.
Continuation of JAPN 403.
JAPN 405 Readings in Advanced Modern Japanese (3 credits)
Prerequisite: JAPN402 or equivalent or permission of department.
Designed to further improve reading and translation skills; the course
will include readings from newspaper articles, literary works, and
academic publications in the social sciences and humanities. Listening
exercises are included.
JAPN 406 Translating Diplomatic Japanese (3 credits)
Prerequisite: a grade of C (2.0) or better in JAPN401 or permission of
instructor.
Formal, written, diplomatic Japanese to develop practical translation
skills and to learn to use the computer as a telecommunications and
translation workstation.
JAPN 407 The Art of Translation (3 credits)
Prerequisite: A grade of C (2.0) or better in JAPN401 or equivalent.
Theory and practice of translation. Variety of genres. Japanese to
English.
JAPN 411 Introduction to Classical Japanese (3 credits)
Prerequisite: JAPN302 or equivalent.
Classical Japanese grammar and the varied styles of classical Japanese.
Readings in classical texts drawn from the Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi,
and Edo periods.
JAPN 412 Classical Japanese (3 credits)
Prerequisite: JAPN411.
Continuation of JAPN 411 with more advanced classical Japanese.
JAPN 414 Masterpieces of Classical Japanese Literature in Translation (3 credits)
Major classics, with focus on philosophical, historical and cultural
backgrounds.
JAPN 415 Modern Japanese Fiction in Translation (3 credits)
Major themes and literary developments in fiction from the late 19th
century to the present. Emphasis on the works of Kawabata, Tanizaki,
Mishima, and Abe.
JAPN 416 Japanese Women and Women Writers (3 credits)
Fiction and poetry by Japanese women from the Ninth Century to the
present. Women's early role in creating and shaping a variety of
literary genres, the silencing of women during the age of the shoguns,
and the reemergence of a feminist tradition and women writers in the
Twentieth Century. In English.
JAPN 418 Japanese Literature in Translation (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Representative works of Japanese literature in translation.
JAPN 421 History of the Japanese Language (3 credits)
Investigation of the origin of the Japanese language, its relationship
with other languages, and its development. In English.
JAPN 422 Introductory Japanese Linguistics (3 credits)
An investigation of Japanese sound patterns and syntax through a
comparison with English.
JAPN 428 Seminar in Japanese Discourse and Conversation Analysis (3 credits)
Prerequisite: JAPN302. Recommended: JAPN422. Repeatable to 6 credits if
content differs.
Presentation and discussion of classic and current readings in English
and Japanese on theories and actual practice of discourse and
conversation analysis. Students will learn transcription techniques and
have an opportunity to apply them in a final term paper.
JAPN 438 Topics in Japanese Pragmatics (3 credits)
Prerequisite: JAPN201. Recommended: JAPN422. Repeatable to 9 credits if
content differs. Also offered as JAPN638. Credit will be granted for
only one of the following: JAPN438 or JAPN638.
Basic concepts in the field of pragmatics (the study of language in
context) such as deixis and indexicality, speech acts, ellipsis, and
politeness. Readings in English on English and Japanese examples.
JAPN 498 Special Topics in Japanese Studies (3 credits)
Special topics in Japanese studies. Taught in English.
JAPN 499 Directed Study in Japanese (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Repeatable to 6 credits if
content differs.
JAPN 602 Japanese Language Pedagogy (3 credits)
A one-semester graduate course in the teaching of Japanese as a second
language to American students, including (1) an analysis of the textbook
Japanese: The Spoken Language,(2) exercises in its use in the classroom,
and (3) a critical comparison of the methodology it embodies with others
in the field.
JAPN 606 Practicum in Translation: Diplomatic Japanese (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week.
Prerequisite: JAPN 402 or equivalent; and permission of instructor. Also
offered as JAPN 406. Credit will be granted for only one of the
following: JAPN 406 or JAPN 606.
Formal, written, diplomatic Japanese to develop practical translation
skills and to learn to use the computer as a telecommunications and
translation workstation.
JAPN 608 Readings in Advanced Modern Japanese (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week.
Prerequisite: JAPN 402 or equivalent; or permission of department.
Repeatable to 06 credits if content differs.
To improve reading and translation skills; readings from newspaper
articles, literary works, and academic publications in the social
sciences and humanities. Listening exercises are included.
JAPN 611 Structure of the Japanese Language (3 credits)
Introduction to the linguistic structure of modern standard Japanese.
The course will begin with a description of what "standard language"
means in Japan, then move to a discussion of various aspects of that
standard. Phonetics and phonology, morphophonemics and morphology,
syntax, and the sociolinguistic setting.
JAPN 612 Introduction to Classical Japanese (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week.
Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or permission of instructor.
Introduction to classical Japanese grammar through reading, translation
and discussion of a variety of genres and writing styles used from the
9th century to early modern times.
JAPN 619 Topics in Modern Japanese Literature in Translation (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 09 credits if
content differs.
Current topics in modern Japanese literature in English translation.
JAPN 621 Japanese Historical Linguistics (3 credits)
An introduction to the history and pre-history of the Japanese language.
Reviews the textual record of Japanese and presents modern and
historical evidence for reconstructing earlier forms of the Japanese
language. Questions of genetic affiliation will also be examined.
JAPN 628 Seminar in Japanese Discourse and Conversation Analysis (3 credits)
Prerequisite: JAPN 302. Recommended: JAPN 422. Repeatable to 6 credits
if content differs.
Presentation and discussion of classic and current readings in English
and Japanese on theories and actual practice of discourse and
conversation analysis. Students will learn transcription techniques and
have an opportunity to apply them in a final term paper.
JAPN 631 Topics in Pre-Modern Japanese Literature: Critical Approaches to Japanese Literature (3 credits)
Japanese critical approaches to literature, providing comparisons with
both Western and Chinese approaches, and exploration of our own critical
contexts as we apply contemporary Western critical theory to the reading
of selected Japanese texts. Focus on two literary types: mongogatari
(fictional narrative-The Tale of Genji) and rengal renku (serious and
comic linked verse).
JAPN 632 Topics in Modern Japanese Literature: Japanese Women Writers and the Feminist Critic (3 credits)
Exploration of women's creativity and the female perspective in the work
of several distinguished women writers of modern Japan; Japanese views
on women's work and identity, sexual mores and love, and women's roles.
Major issues in current feminist literary criticism used to evaluate how
such criticism helps understand Japanese women's literature and where
it resonates with traditions.
JAPN 638 Topics in Japanese Pragmatics (3 credits)
Prerequisite: JAPN201. Repeatable to 09 credits if content differs.
Basic concepts in the field of pragmatics.
JAPN 679 Special Topics in Japanese Linguistics (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week.
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 09 credits if
content differs.
Current topics in research in Japanese linguistics.
