Session 04—Th, Jan 26: Natsume Sōseki and his Ten Nights of Dreams (1908) and his Kokoro (1914) Session 2

Topics for this session

❖ Natsume Sōseki—Ten Nights of Dreams (1908)
❖ Natsume Sōseki—Kokoro (1914)

Thoughts*

Kokoro doesn't make a lot of sense unless the third / final segment is read. Please do so by class time.

Required—to be completed for today's session

✓ Read the last of the three segments that make up Kokoro: "Sensei and His Testament".

Texts, multimedia notes, links*

◊ Dream 1 from Sōseki's Ten Nights' Dreams (Trafford, 2000 — available in the library)[in class only, reading by Wallace]
◊ Dream 3 from the film "Ten Nights of Dream" (Yoshitaka Amano, Kon Ichikawa, et al., 2006) [in class only, video clip of about 10 min.]
❖ Natsume Sōseki [bSpace, ppt] Spring 2012: not available
◊ Barber's "Adagio for Strings" [in class only, audio clip]

Other*

nothing yet ...

*THOUGHTS: Reading before class probably helps follow session content, reading afterwards might help consolidate notes, revisiting for tests is recommended. Content might be added before class or anytime up until about 24 hours ahead of a midterm.

*TEXTS, MULTIMEDIA NOTES, LINKS: If I have read from something, shown something or presented audio, I usually include that information here. If I consider it testable material, it will definitely be listed here. Miscellaneous material that I show may or may not be listed. I often add material at the last minute and hope to have time later to note it, but often cannot.

*OTHER: When possible I note here names, places, and other details that I have mentioned in a lecture that would otherwise not be accessible in the assigned materials or easily located on your own. As with "TEXTS ..." this is usually sometime after class and, again, I might not be able to get around to doing it.