Fall 2017  |  ALL 3232W Section 001: "Short" Poetry in China and Japan (34571)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 3
Course Catalog Description:
Short poetic forms of China and Japan. Chinese quatrains and octets. Japanese tanka and haiku. Translations by modern poets. Texts in original languages (with provided glosses). Art of translation. Translators' conceptions of East Asian 'exoticism.'
Class Description:
This course examines the short poetic forms of China and Japan: Chinese quatrains and octets, and Japanese tanka and haiku (authors include Wang Wei, Du Fu, Su Dongpo, Basho, Masaoka Shiki, and Yosano Akiko). Students will read translations by modern poets and scholars and will explore texts in their original languages (with provided English glosses). A critical consideration of the methods of translation will play an important part in class discussions. Students will write a reaction paper (3 pp.) about once every two weeks. These may include: 1) a discussion of a poem or set of poems they have read; 2) their own English versions of the verse forms covered, combined with an analysis of what elements of East Asian verse they are using; and 3) a translation of a Chinese or Japanese poem (with the help of the professor). No knowledge of Chinese or Japanese is necessary.
Grading:
70% Reports/Papers
30% Class Participation
Class Format:
25% Lecture
75% Discussion
Workload:
25-50 Pages Reading Per Week
21 Pages Writing Per Term
7 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34571/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
9 November 2011

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