CLASS SCHEDULE FOR J130, SPRING 2004
Part One: Waka history and general poetic form
Session

number

20-Jan-04 Tuesday
1
Orientation
22-Jan-04 Thursday
2
History--Man'yoshu
27-Jan-04 Tuesday
3
History--Kokinshu
29-Jan-04 Thursday
4
History--Shin-Kokinshu
3-Feb-04 Tuesday
5
Poetic form and technique: man'yo-gana and makura-kotoba
5-Feb-04 Thursday
6
Poetic form and technique: kakekotoba and engo
10-Feb-04 Tuesday
7
Poetic form and technique: honkadori
12-Feb-04 Thursday
8
TEST ONE
Part Two: Nature poems from the Kokinshu
17-Feb-04 Tuesday
9
Kokin spring poems in English: Book One, poems 1-22
19-Feb-04 Thursday
10
Kokin spring poems in English: Book One, poems 23-44
24-Feb-04 Tuesday
11
Kokin spring poems in English: Book One, poems 45-68
26-Feb-04 Thursday
12
outside
2-Mar-04 Tuesday
13
『古今和歌集』の春の歌(こきんわかしゅうのはるのうた)
4-Mar-04 Thursday
14
『古今和歌集』の春の歌(こきんわかしゅうのはるのうた)
9-Mar-04 Tuesday
15
『古今和歌集』の春の歌(こきんわかしゅうのはるのうた)
11-Mar-04 Thursday
16
『古今和歌集』の春の歌(こきんわかしゅうのはるのうた)
16-Mar-04 Tuesday
17
『古今和歌集』の春の歌(こきんわかしゅうのはるのうた)
18-Mar-04 Thursday
18
『古今和歌集』の春の歌(こきんわかしゅうのはるのうた)
23-Mar-04 Tuesday
Spring Recess
25-Mar-04 Thursday
Spring Recess
30-Mar-04 Tuesday
19
Discussion day primarily comparing the 『古今集』 and 『新古今集』 poems that we have already read (in Japanese). Bring all you poem notes since and including Session 13.
1-Apr-04 Thursday
20
Grammar / review day for the next test and overall comments on the poems we have read in Japanese. Bring your questions!
6-Apr-04 Tuesday
21
TEST TWO
Part Three: Love poems from the Heian period
8-Apr-04 Thursday
22
Class cancelled
13-Apr-04 Tuesday
23
Lecture and in-class reading: Courtship in Heian Japan and the five books of love in the 『古今集』
15-Apr-04 Thursday
24
Lecture and in-class reading: Love poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu
20-Apr-04 Tuesday
25
Introduction and Overview of 『和泉式部日記』(いずみしきぶにっき)
22-Apr-04 Thursday
26
『和泉式部日記』の恋の歌
Sections 01-09
27-Apr-04 Tuesday
27
『和泉式部日記』の恋の歌
Sections 09-13
29-Apr-04 Thursday
28
『和泉式部日記』の恋の歌
Sections 14-15
4-May-04 Tuesday
29
『和泉式部日記』の恋の歌
Sections 16-17
Exam Three will be discussed on this day (**Note that early exam requests are due by email on Monday, May 3 by 10PM)
6-May-04 Thursday
30
『和泉式部日記』の恋の歌
Sections 18-20
11-May-04 Tuesday
31
open, includes student presentations and student evaluations
18-May-04 Tuesday
8-10:30 AM
TEST THREE (note time change) in Dwinelle 160