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School of Letters Department of Humanities (Credit 2) Intended Year: 対象: Second, third, and fourth year students of all majors. Intended School: |
Humanities (Japan and East Asia) in English(Lecture I)
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Numbering Code: LET-HUM3101E Course Code: 16053706 2016 FallTerm weekly Wed3 Hakozaki Classroom E科目 (English, English) |
| Course Overview |
This course, intended as an introductory-level offering, will survey the history, characteristics, and artistry of native Japanese (waka) and Chinese verse by Japanese (kanshi) of the Nara and Heian periods through the reading and appreciation of representative works of the court. All students, regardless of major, are welcome to enroll, provided they have an interest in things literary. Poetry (whether composed in Japanese or Chinese) was an indispensable part of the Japanese literary tradition; its mastery was a symbol of one’s advanced educational level, sensibilities, and intellectual prowess. The topos of love was especially important in the waka tradition. Accordingly, versification became an indispensable skill for aristocrats, a graceful means of communication invaluable for building relationships through the exchange of poems. Even for persons today who may feel little affinity with the poetic arts, the practice of reading poetry is useful for building language sensibilities and powers of expression. Together let us take a closer look at this vibrant poetic tradition and the lives and sentiments of men and women of the Heijō and Heian courts, whose writings take us back more than 1000 years yet still excite our imaginations. The poems to be studied will be introduced roughly in chronological order. The lectures and discussions will rely upon the close and careful analysis of assigned texts. As with other traditional pursuits, poetic composition (or recitation) was a complex, refined art with various rhetorical complexities and conventions. Our explorations will begin with the lyrical and symbolic meaning and techniques of poetic expression in the poems under study; we will proceed to consider other aspects, including: the forms and styles of verse; its figurative and imagistic language; the acoustical properties of poetic language; integrative arrangement techniques seen in official anthologies; and the use of allusive material. 本科目は奈良・平安時代の和歌文学と漢詩文学の基礎知識と代表的作品の解釈と鑑賞を中心とする入門レベルのコースです。国文学専攻希望の方、他学部であっても文学に興味がある方なら誰でも歓迎します。和歌を抜きにして国文学を語ることはできないでしょうし、「愛」を抜きにしては日本文学を考えることも不可能でしょう。和歌・漢詩は古来貴族階級にとって身に付けるべき必要不可欠な嗜みで、教養・感性の深さと知性の象徴でもあり、風流なコミュニケーションの手だてとして利用されてきました。歌を交わし合いながら「こころ」を相手に伝えることで関係を築いていったわけですが、現代人も「詠歌」に不案内であっても、詩を読むことで言葉遣いに対する感性を研ぎすまし、表現・語彙力を高めることができるので、歌の学習をみなさんにぜひ勧めたいのです。千年も前の詩歌の優秀作を一緒に読み、平成・平安朝に生存した歌人に思いを馳せ、当時の男性と女性のあり様、心の持ち方について改めて考えて見るのはいかがでしょうか。 授業内で学んでいく歌はなるべく時代順に取り上げ、正確な読解を進めながら講義とディスカッションを展開していきます。うたを詠む（または作成する）文芸は他の伝統文芸と同じように色々と洗練されてきたため、複雑な修辞技巧や約束事項もありますが、各作品を読み味わうために、その大意や表現法、歌によまれた情景や心情をはじめ、細く詩歌の種類と歌体、新勅撰集における短歌の「配列の美」、比喩法やイメージ表現、詩歌の韻律・音律形式、引喩法等にいたるまで多面的に検討していきます。 |
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: 2016/5/30 (01:23)
〔This syllabus is a draft only; it will be further revised between March and September. Students with questions should write to Prof. Rabinovitch at rabinovitchj AT mso.umt.edu.〕 |