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- EA105: "Romance class" (officially "Core Romantic Values in East Asian Premodern Literature and Contemporary Film")
- EA109: "Tea class" (officially "History of the Culture of Tea in China and Japan")
- J7A: "Introduction to Premodern Japanese Literature and Culture"
- J7B: "Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture"
- J155: "Japanese short stories" (officially "Modern Japanese Literature")
- J159: "Oe class", one of the versions of "Contemporary Japanese Literature"
General comment for all courses
In most cases, students who try to enroll in my courses are first placed on a waitlist, even when there is considerable space still in the course. The exception: most Japanese majors are enrolled directly. If you are on the waitlist your best strategy is to attend class. You can try talking to me after that first class but whether or not you do, I recommend you also email me using the keyword "enrollmentissue" (no spaces used—see the sidebar for how to email me). I try to rapidly determine the final enrollment of a class and can probably give you a "sense" of your status after the first two or so sessions of the course. However, since I work with the department on this it can take up to two weeks to settle all issues. The order of filters used to make selections is: majors and minors in Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Asian Studies; then, intended majors and minors in Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Asian Studies (when that intention is very clear); then, individual considerations that I make which include but does not place as the first priority, the waitlist number.
Informal notice hastily written April 9 (for Telebears)
It seems likely that I will teach this class Fall 2012 since Professor Horton will be on leave. I last taught this class Fall 2008. I have taught this class both in fall and spring semesters. It is a poetry class and, if in the fall we read autumn-related poems from the Manyoshu, Kokinshu and Shin-kokinshu. If it is in the spring we read from the same anthologies but the spring-related poems. Also, since love poems are my favorite, we read some of these as well. Expect to read a LOT of poems in English and many poems in Japanese. This class stays very close to the original texts. Expect to do a lot of language work, but the poems are beautiful and you will have a much better sense for how to read waka by the end of the term.
Here is a link to my very old site, I am not even checking to see whether this works or not (it uses frames), just linking you to it: J130 Fall 2008
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