Japanese 100a (28610) Winter 2014

Susan Blakeley Klein
HIB 479, Off#824-8165; email: sbklein@uci.edu
office hours: Mon 2-3, Tues 2-3 and by appointment (extra hours before exams)

COURSE OBJECTIVES AND REQUIRED TEXTS

Reading Packet 1 PDF

Reading Packet 2 PDF

Classical Japanese, pp. 11-49 PDF

REQUIREMENTS

Disability Accomodations

Academic Honesty policies

POLICY ON MAKE-UP QUIZZES/EXAMS: At my discretion. Please inform me ahead of time if you cannot make the quiz or exam. Always let me know why you missed an exam!

HOMEWORK

Class Email: 28610-W14@classes.uci.edu

Email archive: https://eee.uci.edu/classmail/W14/28610/

 

COURSE OUTLINE AND ASSIGNMENTS:
M 1/6     Introduction to verbs (dōshi 動詞) and the “Bungo” Chart

READ: Classical Japanese (CJ) pp. 24-49 on inflected (conjugated) forms and verbal types; if you do not know basic grammar terms, read pp. 11-17.

W 1/8     Classical Japanese orthography (writing and pronunciation) and conjugations

1) Orthography:  
READ: CJ pp. 18-23 and Reading Packet 1 pp. 5-7 on orthography; see also practice page CJ p. 411.
             
2) Verbs (yodan, nahen, sahen)
READ: Packet 1 pp. 1-7
TRY TO DO: Packet 1 pp. 8-14 verb conjugation exercises

3) The function of conjugations in classical Japanese
READ: “The Function of Conjugations” (Reading Packet 1 p. 15)
READ: CJ pp. 24-25, 325-38

F 1/10    QUIZ 1: yodan, nahen, rahen verbs
Verbs (kami 1-2, shimo 1-2, kahen, sahen)
Auxiliary verbs or suffixes (jodōshi助動詞)
READ: CJ pp. 14-15 on auxiliary verbs
TRY TO DO: Worksheet 1(Packet 1, p. 23

M 1/13     QUIZ 2: kami 1-2, shimo 1-2, kahen, sahen verbs
Adjectives (keiyōshi 形容詞)
1) READ: CJ  pp. 50-56 on adjectives
2) DO:  ku/shiku/kari adjective conjugation exercises (Packet 1 pp. 16-19)
3) DO: Worksheet 1 (Packet 1 p. 23)

W 1/15    QUIZ 3: the function of conjugations (memorize “The Function of Conjugations” in Reading Packet 1!)

1) Intro to materials on Hōjōki 方丈記
READ: Packet 2: start looking over the Hōjōki materials

2) Analyzing verb + suffix phrases
DO: Worksheet 2 (Packet 1 pp. 24-25)

F 1/17 No Class

M 1/20   HOLIDAY

W 1/22  Hōjōki 方丈記

1) READ: Packet 2: intro to Hōjōki ("Kamo no Chōmei…") and the reading questions.
2) Familiarize yourself with "Abbreviations used in Hōjōki text" and the suffix worksheets (note they have explanations for suffixes).
3) Read first line of Hōjōki:
ゆく河の流れは絶えずして、しかももとの水にあらず。

F 1/24     Hōjōki 方丈記

1) DO: Packet 2: auxiliary verb (suffix) worksheets for Hōjōki through gotoshi
2) READ first paragraph of Hōjōki

M 1/27    QUIZ 4: adjectives (keiyōshi 形容詞)
Hōjōki 方丈記
1) DO: Packet 2: auxiliary verb (suffix) worksheets for Hōjōki through nu

W 1/29   Hōjōki 方丈記
            
F 1/31    Hōjōki and Adjectival verbs (keiyōdōshi形容動詞)

1) READ: CJ pp. 57-63 (on adjectival verbs)
2) Packet 1 pp. 20-22: read “Nari and Tari Adjectival Verbs” and do adjectival verb conjugation exercises

M 2/3        Hōjōki 方丈記
  
W 2/5       QUIZ 5: Adjectival Verbs (形容動詞)
1) finish Hōjōki
2) DO: nu/zu worksheet 3 Packet 1, p. 26

F 2/7    Hōjōki方丈記
1) DO: translate text into English and upload it to drop box by Thursday 5 pm. Be sure to mark the parallels and contrasts used to structure argument.
2) REVIEW: thematic questions, including structure of the text

M 2/10   Makura no sōshi 枕草子

1) READ: intro material and first two paragraphs (through 雨など降るもをかし) of Makura no sōshi (Packet 2)

W 2/12 MIDTERM 1

F 2/14     Makura no sōshi 枕草子

1) DO: suffix worksheets for tote, beshi (Packet 2); finish "Haru wa Akebono"

M 2/17   HOLIDAY

W 2/19   Makura no sōshi  枕草子
1) DO: suffix worksheets mu through ramu
2) BEGIN: “Omohamu ko”

F 2/21    Makura no sōshi 枕草子

M 2/24   Makura no sōshi 枕草子
1) FINISH: “Omohamu ko”

W 2/26 Makura no sōshi 枕草子
1) PREP: midterm 2
           
F 2/28 MIDTERM 2

M 3/3 Uji Shûi monogatari 宇治拾遺物語

1) READ: intro material
2) READ: first page of “Ebutsushi Yoshihide…”
3) DO: Uji Shûi monogatari suffix worksheet for su/sasu

W 3/5Uji Shûi monogatari 宇治拾遺物語

1) READ: Continue “Ebutsushi Yoshihide.”
2) DO: worksheet for namu.
3) LOOK UP: any particles that you see in the reading (eg. ka, kana, zo, yo, koso etc.) and be prepared to explain them in class

F 3/07 Uji Shûi monogatari

M 3/10  Uji Shûi monogatari    

1) DO: the rest of the worksheets and continue reading                          

W 3/12   Uji Shûi monogatari

F 3/14   Uji Shûi monogatari

 

FINAL: Wednesday March 19 1:30-3:30