THIS COURSE WILL BE OFFERED IN AUTUMN 2007.
Introduction to Classical Japanese
JAPAN 601 Classical Japanese I
Call No. 12551-8
Time: MW 1:30–3:18
Classroom: HH 0359
1. Overview
This course is an introduction to Classical Japanese (bungo). It is aimed at students who have completed or are completing their formal study of modern standard Japanese, but may be taken with the permission of the instructor by those who have studied Classical Japanese (bungo) in a non-university setting (usually, a Japanese high school or college).
The course will be run as a workshop. Students will be graded on the basis of class participation, including presentations to the class (see below). Quizzes may be given from time to time. Final grades will be assigned to convey the instructor’s assessment of the student’s success and readiness to proceed to the next higher level of study: D or E means the student is unready to take a more advanced course in the same subject, the difference being that a D recognizes effort by conferring credit; higher grades show that a student is qualified for more advanced study, and that the instructor believes s/he will easily excel (A), do well with effort (B), or experience considerable difficulty (C) if s/he chooses to do so. (Finer gradations within each letter grade reflect observed performance in class and on assignments.)
2. Syllabus
The first few weeks of the course will be devoted to informal lectures explaining the phonology and grammar of Early Middle Japanese of the Heian period. Students will prepare reading assignments based on the easier selections in the Shirane anthology of gradually greater length. The goal of the course is to be able to read aloud, translate, interpret, and explain grammatically EMJ texts of similar kind.
3. Required Texts
Students should purchase the following two books (both ordered at SBX):
Shirane, Haruo, Classical Japanese Reader and Essential
Dictionary (
McCullough, Helen Craig, Bungo Manual: Selected Reference Materials for Students of Classical Japanese (Cornell East Asia Series, 1988)
4. General Reminders
Disability
Services
Students with disabilities that have been certified by
the Office for Disability Services will be appropriately accommodated, and
should inform the instructor as soon as possible of their needs. The Office for
Disability Services is located in 150 Pomerene Hall,
http://www.ods.ohio-state.edu
Academic
Misconduct
“It is the responsibility of the Committee on
Academic Misconduct to investigate or establish procedures for the
investigation of all reported cases of student academic misconduct. The term
‘academic misconduct’ includes all forms of student academic
misconduct wherever committed; illustrated by, but not limited to, cases of
plagiarism and dishonest practices in connection with examinations. Instructors
shall report all instances of alleged academic misconduct to the committee.” (Faculty Rule 3335-5-487) For additional
information, access the Code of Student Conduct at
http://studentaffairs.osu.edu/resource_csc.asp.