Introduction to Literary Japanese

Graduate / Professional

Introduction to the grammar and style of the premodern literary language ( bungotai ). We read Taketori monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, ca. 909), the oldest surviving work of prose fiction in Japanese, with a view toward understanding how literary texts were created, preserved, and disseminated in premodern Japan and East Asia. Prerequisite: JAPN 1510 or equivalent. TTh 9am-10:15am