Schedule

M 9/11

Introduction; Japanese Creation Myths

In-class viewing of video on Shintô

W 9/13

Poetry of the Ancient Age: Manyôshû 1

Read Carter 1-23

M 9/18

Manyôshû 2

Read Carter 24-71

W 9/20

Poetry of the Classical Age: Kokin wakashû 1

Read Carter 73-75, 90-116

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M 9/25

Tales of Eros and Poetry: Kokin wakashû 2, Ise monogatari (Tales of Ise)

Read Carter 76-87

Read McCullough 38-69

Short paper #1 due

W 9/27

"A Court Lady’s Musings": Sei Shônagon’s Makura no sôshi (Pillow Book)

Read McCullough 156-199

M 10/2

Murasaki Shikibu’s Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji)

Read Bowring, "The cultural background" 1-21 (on reserve)

Genji chapters 1-4

W 10/4

Genji chapters 5-8

M 10/9

Genji chapters 9-16

Short paper #2 due

W 10/11

Genji chapters 17-21; In-class Viewing of The Tale of Genji CD-ROM

M 10/16

Genji chapters 22-28

W 10/18

Genji chapters 29-33

M 10/23

Genji chapters 34-39

Short paper #3 due

W 10/25

Genji chapters 40-41

M 10/30

Mid-term exam

W 11/1

Founder's day-- no class

M 11/6

The medieval worldview and its aesthetics

Read Kamo no Chômei, "An Account of My Hermatage (Hôjôki)" in McCullough 377-392

Read Yoshida Kaneyoshi, "Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)" in McCullough 393-421

Read Rimer, "The Background of Zeami’s Treatices" xvii-xxvii, and Zeami Motokiyo, "A Mirror Held to the Flower (Kakyô)" in Rimer 74-110 (on reserve)

Schedule office visit to discuss final papers

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W 11/8

Tales of Warriors

Read from McCullough, trans., The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari), 298-317, 358-378 (on reserve)

Nô 1: warrior nô

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Read "Gereral Introduction," "List of Terms/Plan of the Nô Stage," "Atsumori," "Tadanori," "Yashima" from Tyler, Japanese Nô Dramas

M 11/13

Nô 2: Love, Madness, and Salvation

Read "Aya no tsuzumi (The Damask Drum)," "Izutsu (The Well-Cradle)," "Kinuta (The Fulling Block)," "Matsukaze (Pining Wind)," "Nonomiya (The Wildwood Shrine)" from Japanese Nô Dramas

In-class viewing of video on nô

Short paper #4 due

W 11/15

No 3: The Supernatural and the Art of No

Read "Eguchi," "Kasuga ryûjin (The Kasuga Dragon God)," "Kureha," and "Yamamba (The Mountain Crone)" from Japanese Nô Dramas

Renga (linked verse) and haikai renga (unorthodox/comic linked verse)

Read Carter 303-326; 367-375

M 11/20

Matsuo Bashô

Read "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" in McCullough

Read selections from Ueda, Basho and His Interpreters (on reserve)

(pp. 56-61, 76-79, 140-143, 207, 228-229, 238-239, 242-243, 246-252, 246-264, 294-297, 413-414)

W 11/22 NO CLASS

M 11/27

Playwright for puppets: Chikamatsu Monzaemon 1

Read: Chikamatsu 1-56, 133-215

In-class viewing of Bunraku video

W 11/29

Chikamatsu 2

Read Chikamatsu 57-131

Draft of final paper due (optional)

M 12/4

Tales of the Floating World: Ihara Saikaku 1

Read Saikaku 13-156

Short paper #5 due

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W 12/6

Saikaku 2

Read Saikaku 157-229

F 12/8

3:00 PM Final Paper Due

No late papers accepted

Monday 12/18 9:00 AM-12:00 noon SDL 123

Final Exam