Session 29—Appreciation

Topics for this session

Probably I will screen segments from NHK programs on the composition of haiku and tanka.

Poems for this session

Sessions 25–28 ... in the sense that if there is something you want to mention, you will be invited to do so ahead of video material, and I might make some brief comments.

Special requests for preparing

Organize your thoughts on Bashō's poems and share those thoughts and questions at the beginning of class.

Use the bSpace PDF NHK Tanka student prep version to get comfortable with the vocabulary of the poems and do some early ranking and thinking on those poems.

Poems are covered in the order presented. We may not be able to discuss all poems listed. It is likely that I will add links and preparating requests as we go along, even in the last hour before class. There is no class participation grade so all of this work is optional, but interesting, and will enhance your ability to share in the session. Poem details are given in class and not repeated. Take excellent notes. They are the basis for the test. Our course goals in order of priority: 1) above all, appreciation of the poem as a poem, 2) understanding the components of the poems (the words in their function as grammar and their history in poems), 3) details of authors and collections. Prepare with these priorities in mind.