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Japanese 002. Elementary Japanese (5 units)
Section | Instructor | Day/Time |
Room |
CRN |
001 | Mayu Lindblad | MTWRF 8:00-8:50A |
Wellman 209 |
39943 |
002 | Moeko Watanabe | MTWRF 8:00-8:50A |
Wellman 235 |
39944 |
003 | Moeko Watanabe | MTWRF 10:00-10:50A |
Wellman 235 |
39945 |
004 | Miki Wheeler | MTWRF 11:00-11:50A |
Wellman 235 |
39946 |
005 | Yoko Kato | MTWRF 2:10-3:00P |
Young 192 |
39947 |
006 | Junko Ito | MTWRF 12:10-1:00P |
Wellman 235 |
39948 |
007 | Junko Ito | MTWRF 2:10-3:00P |
Wellman 205 |
39949 |
008 |
Junko Ito | MTWRF 3:10-4:00P | Wellman 205 | 39950 |
009 |
Miyo Uchida | MTWRF 1:10-2:00P | Wellman 235 | 39951 |
010 |
Yumiko Shibata | MTWRF 3:10-4:00P | Olson 125 | 39952 |
011 |
Kazuhide Takeuchi | MTWRF 3:10-4:00P | Wellman 007 | 39953 |
012 |
Naoko McHale |
MTWRF 3:10-4:00P | Physics 140 | 39954 |
Course Description: A continuation of Japanese 001. Further developing elementary level skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in Japanese in more everyday communication settings. Building upon Japanese 001, continue to introduce basic vocabulary and characters as well as core grammar, and develop communication skills.
Prerequisite: Japanese 001 or Language Placement Exam.
GE credit (New): Arts and Humanities, Oral Literacy and World Cultures.
Format: Lecture/Discussion - 5 hours.
Textbooks:
- Eri Banno, Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese [2nd Edition] (Japan Times/Tsai Fong Books, 2011)
- Eri Banno, et al., Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Workbook [2nd Edition] (Japan Times/Tsai Fong Books, 2011)
Japanese 005. Intermediate Japanese (5 units)
Section | Instructor | Day/Time |
Room |
CRN |
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001 | Mayumi Saito | MTWRF 2:10-3:00P |
Olson 125 |
39955 |
002 | Yoko Kato | MTWRF 1:10-2:00P |
Wellman 105 |
39956 |
003 | Kazuhide Takeuchi | MTWRF 2:10-3:00P |
Wellman 027 |
39957 |
004 | Miyo Uchida | MTWRF 3:10-4:00P |
Wellman 235 |
39958 |
Course Description: The main objective of the course is to extend your ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in various real-life situations and also to read and write about these situations. Topics include asking and giving directions, and giving and receiving gifts, explaining how to make your favorite dishes, and talking about unpleasant experiences and rumors. Lists of new kanji information learned chapter-by-chapter with the course textbook, as well as a cumulative list of all kanji learned by the end of JPN 05, are available for download from the Kanji lists page.
Prerequisite: Japanese 004 or Language Placement Exam.
GE credit (New): Arts and Humanities, Oral Literacy and World Cultures.
Format: Lecture/Discussion - 5 hours.
Textbooks:
- Eri Banno, Genki II: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese [2nd Edition] (Japan Times/Tsai Fong Books, 2011)
- Eri Banno, et al., Genki II: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Workbook [2nd Edition] (Japan Times/Tsai Fong Books, 2011)
[OPTIONAL]
- Jack Halpern, The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary: Revised and Expanded (Kodansha USA, 2013)
Japanese 050. Introduction to the Literature of China and Japan (4 units) In English [Cross-listed with Chinese 050]
David Gundry
MW 6:10-8:00P
Room Hart 1150
CRN 54712
Course Description: This course focuses on prose fiction written in Japan and China from the 1000’s through the 1900’s, with an emphasis on stories in which a romantic or erotic element predominates. Pre-modern Japan and China produced a number of fictional masterpieces of daunting length, and we will read portions of two of these along with several shorter works that will be read in their entirety. First, after reading a selection of Chinese and Japanese texts that in various ways paved the way for it, we will examine key early chapters of the vast Japanese novel of courtly love The Tale of Genji (circa 1000). We will subsequently read a Noh play based on one of the chapters in Genji we will have read, before moving on to examine a series of stories by Ihara Saikaku (1642-1693) set in both samurai and commoner milieus. We will then be treated to the blend of supernatural interludes and opulently detailed descriptions of life among the elite of Qing-period China in The Story of the Stone (aka The Dream of the Red Chamber, mid 1700's), an extremely long novel that is often compared to Genji. At the end of the term we will move into the twentieth century with “Love in a Fallen City,” a story by the Chinese/Chinese-American writer Eileen Chang (1920-1995), and Masks (1958), a short novel by Japanese author Enchi Fumiko (1905-1986) that contains references to both Genji and the Noh theater and that, much like Genji, Stone and the fiction of Ihara Saikaku, presents us with a disturbing blend of erotic and familial intrigue.
Prerequisite: None.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.
Format: Lecture/Discussion - 4 hours.
Textbooks:
- TBA
Japanese 102. Japanese Literature in Translation: The Middle Period (4 units) In English
Miki Wheeler
TR 2:10-4:00P
Room Hart 1130
CRN 39987
Course description: Study of the major literary genres from the twelfth century to the second half of the nineteenth century including poetry, linked-verse, military chronicles, no drama, Buddhist literature, haiku, haibun, kabuki, bunraku, plays and Edo prose narratives.
Prerequisite: None.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, World Cultures and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Discussion - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- TBA
Japanese 106. Japanese Culture Through Film (4 units) In English
David Gundry
Lecture:
MW 4:10-6:00P
Room TBA
Film Viewing:
W 6:10-8:00P
Room Hart 1150
CRN 54714
Course Description: This course examines films made in Japan from the 1950s through the 2000s in genres ranging from the literary biopic to the Tokugawa-era period piece, the family drama and the exploitation B-movie. The instructor has made his selections with a view toward showing students films that they probably have not yet seen and that are historically and culturally relevant as well as entertaining. Students will read literary, biographical and historical works providing a context for the movies viewed. In addition to a midterm and a final exam, students will write three brief essays on the films and readings assigned (no additional research required).
Viewer Advisory: Nudity, Violence, Sexual Content.
Prerequisite: None.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Visual Literacy and World Cultures.
Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Film Viewing - 3 hours.
Textbooks:
- TBA
Japanese 112. Modern Japanese: Reading and Discussion (4 units)
Section | Instructor | Day/Time |
Room |
CRN |
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001 | Moeko Watanabe | MTWR 9:00-9:50A |
Wellman 235 |
39990 |
002 | Yumiko Shibata |
MTWR 4:10-5:00P |
Olson 267 |
39991 |
Course Description: This is the second in the sequence of third-year Japanese courses. In the third-year courses, the focus is particularly on the development of reading skills for comprehending long texts and communication skills for stating opinions, giving explanations and making presentations. Topics of the readings and discussions in this course include religion in Japan, Japanese pop culture, Japanese traditional performing arts, and education and convenient shopping in Japan.
Prerequisite: Japanese 111.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Oral Literacy and World Cultures.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Discussion - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- TBA
Japanese 122. Advanced Japanese (4 units)
Nobuko Koyama
MW 10:00-11:50A
Room Robbins 146
CRN 39992
Course Description: This course focuses on “real-life” communication skills in Japanese such as job interview skills, conversation skills by using different styles and degrees of politeness, and writing skills by learning appropriate language styles and formats for different genres. Students are expected to “use” Japanese by applying their knowledge and skills to real-life situations. As a side project, students are encouraged to prepare for JLPT N1 or N2. For this project, study aids will be provided.
Prerequisite: Japanese 121 (with a grade of "C-" or better) or consent of instructor (nkoyama@ucdavis.edu).
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Oral Literacy, World Cultures and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Discussion - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- TBA
Japanese 135. Readings in the Humanities: The Modern Period (4 units)
Chia-ning Chang
TR 10:00-11:50A
Room Bainer 1132
CRN 39993
Course Description: This fourth-year reading course in the Japanese humanities is designed as an advanced language course to develop skills appropriate for advanced Japanese comprehension. It is also designed as a content course aimed at the critical appreciation of modern Japanese texts in their historical, political, and cultural context. It covers an area sufficiently broad to accommodate a wide range of student interests in modern Japanese critical discourse and imagination, with materials ranging from scholarly and journalistic essays, zuihitsu, social and cultural criticism, social and political commentary, and its many associated genres, as well as excerpts from longer works and texts from zaidankai or taidan.
It is the responsibility of the students to study the assigned reading materials before they are read, scrutinized, and discussed during class time. Lecture time will be devoted to the elucidation of the more problematic areas in the texts through translation and other pedagogical means, as well as to discussions about the historical and cultural conditions of textual production and effects. The instructor may also assign a substantial translation project/term paper.
Attendance is absolutely crucial and expected of each and every student during regular class meetings.
Active participation in class discussion and other activities is strongly encouraged and will constitute a part of your final grade.
No make-up mid-terms or finals are allowed unless students have compelling reasons to justify their request. Personal preferences, conflicts with private plans or multiple examinations on the same day will not be considered as compelling reasons.
Prerequisite: Japanese 113 or equivalent language proficiency.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Textbooks:
- TBA
Japanese 151. Japanese Linguistics (4 units)
Nobuko Koyama
MW 2:10-4:00P
Room Chemistry 176
CRN 39994
Course Description: This is an introduction to Japanese linguistics, tailored for non-linguistics students. First two weeks are titled “crash courses” to overview phonetics (the use of IPA), and morphology so that students will be equipped with basic concepts and workings of linguistics. This course focuses on hands-on experiences to learn phonology, morphology, syntax and pragmatics/sociolinguistics, and students will learn the basic structure of Japanese language by analyzing Japanese language data, solving linguistic problems, comparing Japanese to other languages, and participating in in-class experiments.
Prerequisite: Japanese 003 or equivalent language proficiency.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, World Cultures and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Discussion - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- TBA
Japanese 155. Introduction to Japanese Folklore (4 units) In English
Michael Dylan Foster
TR 4:10-6:00P
Room Roessler 055
CRN 54711
Course Description: From sacred myth to urban legend and everything in between, the folklore of Japan is rich and varied. There are epics of war; folktales about monsters and ghosts and shapeshifting creatures; local festivals and foodways that have persisted for hundreds of years; and brand new traditions created in the context of globalization and cultural change. This course introduces students to Japanese folklore and its study (minzokugaku). Primary emphasis is on the narrative genres of myth, legend, and folktale, but we will also discuss folk beliefs, ritual, festival, art and supernatural creatures. We will examine issues of identity and authenticity and what it means to call something “Japanese”; questions of tradition, the “invention of tradition,” and modernity within a historical context; and the intersection of folklore with literature and popular culture (including film, anime, and video games). Class will combine lecture and discussion. No previous knowledge of Japanese language or culture is required.
Prerequisite: None.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Discussion - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- TBA