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Introductory Seminar in Literature |
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ENLT 213 - Major Authors of American Literature
Studies major works in American literature before 1900. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENLT 214 - Modern American Authors
Surveys major American writers of the twentieth century. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENLT 216 - Studies in European Literature
Studies major classical and continental works from antiquity to the present day. Cross-listed as CPLT 201, 202. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENLT 223 - Studies in Poetry
Examines the poetic techniques and conventions of imagery and verse that poets have used across the centuries. Exercises in scansion, close reading, and framing arguments about poetry. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENLT 224 - Studies in Drama
Introduces the techniques of the dramatic art, with close analysis of selected plays. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENLT 226 - Studies in Fiction
Studies the techniques of fiction. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENLT 247 - Black Writers in America
Chronological survey in African American literature in the U.S. from its beginning in vernacular culture to the present day (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENLT 248 - Contemporary Literature
Introduces trends in contemporary English, American, and Continental literature, especially in fiction, but with some consideration of poetry and drama. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENLT 250 - Shakespeare
Studies selected sonnets and plays of Shakespeare. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENLT 252 - Women in Literature
Analyzes the representations of women in literature as well as literary texts by women writers. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENLT 255 - Special Topics
Usually an introduction to non-traditional or specialized topics in literary studies, (e.g., native American literature, gay and lesbian studies, techno-literacy, Arthurian romance, Grub Street in eighteenth-century England, and American exceptionalism). (Y)
Credits: 3
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Islam |
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RELI 207 - Classical Islam
Studies the Irano-Semitic background, Arabia, Muhammad and the Qur’an, the Hadith, law and theology, duties and devotional practices, sectarian developments, and Sufism. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELI 208 - Islam in the Modern Age
Studies the 19th and 20th centuries in the Arab world, Turkey, and the Sub-Continent of India, emphasizing reform movements, secularization, and social and cultural change. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELI 311 - Muhammad and the Qur’an
Systematic reading of the Qur’an in English, with an examination of the prophet’s life and work. (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELI 312 - Sufism
Investigates some major figures, themes, and schools of Islamic mysticism. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: RELI 207 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELI 367 - Religion and Politics in Islam
Historical and topical survey of the roots and genesis of the religion, and political conceptions operating in the Islamic world today. (E)
Credits: 3
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RELI 390 - Islam in Africa
Historical and topical introduction to Islam in Africa. Cross-listed as RELA 390. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: RELA 275, RELI 207, RELI 208, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELI 540 - Seminar in Islamic Theology
Studies Islamic theology from its origins through the 14th century. The Sunni and Shi’ite traditions are discussed in alternate years. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: RELI 207 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELI 541 - Islamic Theology: The Shi’ite Creed
Studies Twelver Shi’ite religious thought in comparison with other Shi’ite and Sunni sects. (IR)
Credits: 3
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RELI 542 - War and Peace in Islam: A Comparative Ethics Approach
Studies Islamic notions of holy war and peace as they relate to statecraft and political authority in Muslim history. (IR)
Credits: 3
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Italian |
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ITAL 101 - Elementary Conversation
Introduction to speaking, understanding, reading, and writing Italian. Five class hours and one language laboratory hour. Followed by ITAL 102. (S)
Credits: 4
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ITAL 102 - Intermediate Conversation
Continuation of ITAL 101. (S)
Credits: 4
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ITAL 201 - Intermediate Conversation
Continued grammar, conversation, composition, readings, and an introduction to Italian literature. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ITAL 102 or the equivalent. Note: The following courses have the prerequisite ITAL 201, 202, or permission of the department.
Credits: 3
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ITAL 202 - Intermediate Conversation
(S)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 301 - Advanced Conversation and Composition I
Includes idiomatic Italian conversation and composition, anthological readings of literary texts in Italian, plus a variety of oral exercises including presentations, skits, and debates. Italian composition is emphasized through writing assignments and selective review of the fine points of grammar and syntax. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ITAL 202
Credits: 3
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ITAL 302 - Advanced Conversation and Composition II
Topics include idiomatic Italian conversation and composition, anthological readings and discussions in Italian of literary texts from the past four centuries of Italian literature (from Tasso to the present), selective review of the fine points of grammar and syntax, the elements of essay writing to Italian. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 311 - Renaissance Literature
Study of selected masterpieces from the 13th to the 16th century. Readings and discussions in Italian. Exercises in essay writing. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ITAL 202 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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ITAL 312 - Contemporary Literature
Study of selected masterpieces from the modern period of Italian literature. Readings and discussions in Italian. Exercises in essay writing. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ITAL 202 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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ITAL 370 - Lirica (Italian Lyric Poetry)
(SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 371 - Epica (Italian Epic Poetry)
(SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 372 - Novella (Italian Short Narrative)
(SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 373 - Romanzo (Italian Novel)
Surveys the major developments in Italian fiction during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Introduces textual analysis and critical interpretation of literary texts. (E)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 374 - Teatro (Italian Theater)
Studies the major dramatic works from the Renaissance to the present, including productions by Niccolo Machiavelli, Carlo Goldoni, Luigi Pirandello, and Dario Fo. (E)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 375 - Critica (Italian Literary Criticism)
(SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 376 - Italian Travel Literature
Study of major Italian travel writers from medieval to modern times, within a discussion of the definition and history of the literary genre, and the critical perspectives relating to it. In Italian. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: Italian language course 101 through 202, or demonstrated Italian language proficiency per consent of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ITAL 400 - Methodologia (Stylistics and Methods)
(E)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 410 - Medioevo (Italian Culture and Literature in the Middle Ages)
(E)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 420 - Umanesimo (Italian Culture and Literature in the Humanistic Period)
(SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 430 - Rinascimento (Italian Culture and Literature during the Renaissance)
(SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 435 - Representations of Women in Italian Literature
Images of women as presented in major Italian literary works from the Medieval period to the 20th century. Areas in which gender issues will be examined include authorship, genre, feminist literary criticism, and representation theory. (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ITAL 202 or its equivalent or instructor approval
Credits: 3
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ITAL 440 - Barocco (Italian Culture and Literature during the Baroque Age)
(SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 445 - Illuminismo (Italian Culture and Literature during the Enlightenment)
(SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 450 - Romanticismo (Italian Culture and Literature in the Age of Romanticism)
(O)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 460 - Novecentismo (Italian Culture and Literature in the Twentieth Century)
(SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 461 - Italian Pop Culture: 1960’s - 1990’s
An interdisciplinary approach to the last thirty years of Italian cultural history, from a theoretical and practical perspective. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Students who have completed ITAL 202. Other students admitted with instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ITAL 499 - Independent Study
(S)
Credits: 1 to 3
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ITAL 525 - Dante: The Divine Comedy
A close reading of the Purgatorio. (SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 550 - Medieval Italian Literature
(SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 555 - Renaissance Italian Literature
(SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 560 - Baroque Italian Literature
(SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 565 - Italian Literature of the Enlightenment
(SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 570 - Italian Literature of the Modern Period
Portuguese in Translation (SI)
Credits: 3
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Italian in Translation |
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ITTR 226 - Dante in Translation
Close reading of Dante’s masterpiece, the Inferno. Lectures focus on Dante’s social, political, and cultural world. Incorporates The World of Dante: A Hypermedia Archive for the Study of the Inferno, and a pedagogical and research website (www.iath.virginia/dante), that offers a wide range of visual material related to the Inferno. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ITTR 227 - Petrarch in Translation
(IR)
Credits: 3
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ITTR 228 - Boccaccio in Translation
(E)
Credits: 3
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ITTR 230 - Machiavelli in Translation
(E)
Credits: 3
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ITTR 231 - Ariosto in Translation
(IR)
Credits: 3
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ITTR 236 - Tasso in Translation
(IR)
Credits: 3
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ITTR 242 - Goldoni and Alfieri in Translation
(IR)
Credits: 3
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ITTR 252 - Foscolo and Leopardi in Translation
(IR)
Credits: 3
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ITTR 255 - Manzoni in Translation
(E)
Credits: 3
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ITTR 258 - Verga in Translation
(IR)
Credits: 3
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ITTR 262 - The Modern Italian Novel in Translation
(SI)
Credits: 3
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ITTR 263 - Italian History and Culture Through Film: 1860’s - 1960’s
This course uses the medium of film to discuss the developments in Italian culture and history over a period of one hundred years, from 1860 to 1960. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ITTR 525 - Dante’s Purgatory in Translation
This course explores canto-by-canto Dante’s second realm of the Afterlife. Particular attention will be paid to how various themes and motifs (the phenomenology of love, the relationship between church and state, status of classical antiquity in a Christian universe, Dante’s representation of the saved), differ from those explored in the Inferno. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ITTR 226 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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Japanese |
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JAPN 101 - First-Year Japanese
Introduces the basic speech patterns and grammatical units, including casual, daily spoken style, and the polite speech used in formal occasions. Emphasizes speaking, listening, and reading. Writing hiragana, katakana, and 200 kanji are also introduced. (Y)
Credits: 4
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JAPN 102 - First-Year Japanese
Introduces the basic speech patterns and grammatical units, including casual, daily spoken style, and the polite speech used in formal occasions. Emphasizes speaking, listening, and reading. Writing hiragana, katakana, and 200 kanji are also introduced. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 101 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
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JAPN 201 - Second-Year Japanese
Continuation of Elementary Japanese introducing more complex sentence patterns, idioms, and vocabulary to prepare students for an intermediate-level communication. Reinforces spoken Japanese skills with writing and reading exercises, and 250 kanji are introduced. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 102 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
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JAPN 202 - Second-Year Japanese
(Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 102 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
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JAPN 301 - Third-Year Japanese I
Emphasizes comprehension and active reproduction of modern Japanese beyond the basic patterns of speech and writing. Various topics on current Japanese culture and society are introduced. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 202 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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JAPN 302 - Third-Year Japanese I
(Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 202 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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JAPN 471 - Introduction to Classical Japanese Language
An introduction to classical Japanese; selections from classical narratives and poetry. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 301 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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JAPN 481 - Modern Literary Texts
Reading and discussion in Japanese. Develops comprehension and verbal expression skills at the fourth-year level. Reading selections include works by modern and contemporary novelists, short story writers and poets. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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JAPN 482 - Mysteries, Detective Fiction and Business Novels
Reading and discussion in Japanese. Develops comprehension and verbal expression skills at the Fourth-Year level. Reading selections include some on Japan’s bestselling and award-winning writers, Seicho Matsumoto, Miyuki Miyabe, and Ikke Shimizu. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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JAPN 483 - Media Japanese
Reading and discussion in Japanese. Develops comprehension and verbal expression skills at the Fourth-Year level. Reading selections include articles from Aera, Japan’s counterpart of Newsweek; manga, artistic comic magazines; and film criticism. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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JAPN 484 - Japan’s Two Nobel Laureates: Kawabate and Oe
An advanced Japanese language course focused on Japan’s two Nobel Laureates through bi-lingual texts. This course is partly reading, partly comprehension, partly discussion in Japanese. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
JAPN 302 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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JAPN 486 - Modern and Contemporary Japanese Poetry
An advanced Japanese Language course focused on poetic language and each poet’s metaphoric world. The course consists of reading, writing, oral presentations, and free discussion in Japanese. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
JAPN 302 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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JAPN 487 - Reading Investigative Journalism
Advanced Japanese language seminar, designed to help students read, interpret, analyze, and discuss current issues in Japanese society, culture, economy and/or politics through an in-depth examination of selected magazine articles from one of Japan’s top investigative magazines, Aera. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or placement test
Credits: 3
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JAPN 488 - Reading Banana Yoshimoto & Haruki Murakami
This language seminar introduces two of Japan’s most popular contemporary fiction writers by reading and interpreting selections from Kitchen and Dance, Dance, Dance, Selections give students an insight to how today’s Japanese youth, in search of meaning in life and intimate connections, copes with Japan’s rapidly changing society and culture. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or placement test
Credits: 3
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JAPN 493 - Independent Study in Japanese
(SI)
Credits: 1 to 3
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JAPN 494 - Independent Study in Japanese
(SI)
Credits: 1 to 3
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JAPN 501 - Third-Year Japanese I
Emphasizes comprehension and active reproduction of modern Japanese beyond the basic patterns of speech and writing. Various topics on current Japanese culture and society are introduced. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 202 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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JAPN 502 - Third-Year Japanese I
(Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 202 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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JAPN 587 - Reading Investigative Journalism
Advanced Japanese language seminar, designed to help students read, interpret, analyze, and discuss current issues in Japanese society, culture, economy and/or politics through an in-depth examination of selected magazine articles from one of Japan’s top investigative magazines, Aera. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or placement test
Credits: 3
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JAPN 588 - Reading Banana Yoshimoto & Haruki Murakami
This language seminar introduces two of Japan’s most popular contemporary fiction writers by reading and interpreting selections from Kitchen and Dance, Dance, Dance, Selections give students an insight to how today’s Japanese youth, in search of meaning in life and intimate connections, copes with Japan’s rapidly changing society and culture.(IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or placement test
Credits: 3
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JAPN 593 - Language Seminar I
These seminars are the highest level of instruction in modern Japanese language. Literary texts, including poetry and critical essays, are read, interpreted and discussed in Japanese. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 481, 482, 483, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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JAPN 594 - Language Seminar II
(SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 481, 482, 483, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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Japanese - Language House Conversation |
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JAPN 301H - Language House Conversation
For students residing in the Japanese group in Shea House. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: instructor permission.
Credits: 1
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JAPN 302H - Language House Conversation
For students residing in the Japanese group in Shea House. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: instructor permission.
Credits: 1
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Japanese in Translation |
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JPTR 321 - The Tale of Genji: The World’s First Psychological Novel
Introduction to classical Japanese literary tradition represented by one of the world’s masterpieces The Tale of Genji (1010 a.d.) written by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady-in-waiting. Examines the courtship rituals, the marriage institution, the gendering of sexuality and desire. All the readings are in English translation. (IR)
Credits: 3
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JPTR 322 - The Modern Japanese Canon
Introduction to the modern Japanese canon (1890’s to the present). Writers studied include Natsume Sôseki, the first modern writer to delve into the human psyche; Mori Ôgai, the surgeon-turned writer; Rynôsuke Akutagawa, the consummate writer of short stories; Shiga Naoya, the “god” of “I-Novel” Japanese fiction; Yukio Mishima, whose seppuku suicide caused a sensation world-wide; Endô Shôsaku, the Christian writer; two Nobel laureates, Yasunari Kawabata, the pure aesthetician, and Kenzaburo Ôe, the political gadfly. (Y)
Credits: 3
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JPTR 331 - A Cultural Understanding of U.S.-Japan Relations
Studies the roles of culture and communication that often contribute to the perpetuation of the myths and misperceptions of Japan and the U.S. about each other; explores what the Japanese have to say about themselves and Americans, and vice versa, and implications of cultural differences in interpersonal relations, basic behavioral patterns, and motivations. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: At least one course in Japan-related courses, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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JPTR 335 - Classical Japanese Literature
Introduction to the literary arts of Japan from 700-1200. The course considers Japan’s earliest myths, the precursors of haiku, the “world’s first novel” The Tale of Genji, as well as women’s autobiographical memoirs, war tales, folk tales, and other genres. The shifting political, religious, social, and artistic contexts of these centuries will also be considered to enrichen our encounters with and analyses of these works. (Y)
Credits: 3
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JPTR 336 - Literature of Medieval and Early Modern Japan, 1200-1868
An introduction in English translation to the literary arts of the warriors, aristocrats, monks and nuns, courtesans, and townspeople of Japan from the advent of the age of the shoguns to the rise of the “floating world” pleasure quarters. Readings will include war tales, autobiographical memoirs, noh and kabuki plays, haiku poetry, parody and more. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: AMEL 101, any 200-level literature course, or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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JPTR 381 - Classical Japanese Women Writers
An introduction to the celebrated female literary tradition of pre-modern Japan that produced the flowering of vernacular literature, memoirs, and other forms of autobiographical writings. All the readings are in English translation. (IR)
Credits: 3
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JPTR 382 - Modern Japanese Women Writers
Introduction to the resurgence of the female literary tradition from 1904 to the present. Focuses on Japanese women writers as cultural critics, how each individual female artist challenges and is shaped by Japanese culture and society. (Y)
Credits: 3
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JPTR 390 - Kawabata & Oe: Japan’s Nobel Laureates
By examining the achievements of Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972) and Kenzaburo Oe (1935-), this course explores the diverse modern Japanese literary tradition and the two laureates place in world literature, as the former laureate represents the aesthetic-lyric camp, the latter the literature as a-vehicle-for-social-change camp. (IR)
Credits: 3
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JPTR 521 - The Tale of Genji, the World’s First Psychological Novel: Court Romance
Introduction to the elegant world of classical Japanese literary tradition represented by one of the world’s materpieces. The Tale of Genji (1010 a.d.) written by Lady Murasaki, examines the courtship ritual, the marriage institution, the gendering of sexuality and desire, and the aesthetics of mono no aware. (Y)
Credits: 3
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JPTR 522 - The Modern Japanese Canon
Introduction to the modern Japanese canon (1890’s to the present). Writers studied include Natsume Sôseki, the first modern writer to delve into the human psyche; Mori Ôgai, the surgeon-turned writer; Rynôsuke Akutagawa, the consummate writer of short stories; Shiga Naoya, the “god” of “I-Novel” Japanese fiction; Yukio Mishima, whose seppuku suicide caused a sensation world-wide; Endô Shôsaku, the Christian writer; two Nobel laureates, Yasunari Kawabata, the pure aesthetician, and Kenzaburo Ôe, the political gadfly. (Y)
Credits: 3
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JPTR 535 - Spirits, Romance, and Political Intrigue: An Introduction to Classical Japanese Literature
This course introduces the literary arts of Japan’s classical period (Nara period 710-794 and Heian period 794-1185). The main goals of this course are to read, interpret, become conversant in, and enjoy this body of literature. A wide range of topics and issues, including the supernatural, jealousy, birth, fashion, marriage, death, poetry vs. prose, history vs. literature, gender, exile, politics, Buddhism, war, and innumerable others, will be encountered. (IR)
Credits: 3
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