WMBB6501 Seminar on Chinese character culture

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Humanities Program

Lecture Code WMBB6501 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 漢字文化論演習A

Subject Name
（Katakana）カンジブンカロンエンシュウA

Subject Name in
English Seminar on Chinese character culture

Instructor OTA TORU

Instructor
(Katakana) オオタ　トオル

Campus 　 Semester/Term 1st-Year, First Semester, First Semester

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1st) Mon3-4：LET B202

Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
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・ Seminar ・Discussion・presentation・Work

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 5 : Graduate Basic

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 14 : Cultural Studies

Eligible Students

Keywords Chinese Poetry, Reading Chinese Literature, People's Thought

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)

Class Objectives
/Class Outline The purpose of this course is to deepen students' understanding of the characteristics of the Japanese and Chinese languages through the reading of Chinese poetry. In this class, students will read and understand the characteristics of Chinese poetry, which is a part of the Chinese character culture in Japan. After understanding the rules of Chinese poetry, students will learn how Japanese people read and studied Chinese poetry, and each student will actually perform the same task. Once the students become familiar with the work, they will prepare and present their own materials. The course will treat the Chinese poetry of Qiu Yu as a specific work, and examine the characteristics of Chinese poetry studies in Japan.

Class Schedule lesson1: Japanese Kanji and Chinese Kanji

Lesson 2: The Process of Reading Chinese Poetry by the Japanese
Lesson 3: The Method of Japanese Reading of the Chinese Characters
Lesson 4: Process of Japanese people's creation and reading of Chinese poetry
Lesson 5: What is the Parallelism - Japanese Kanji-Japanese Dictionaries and Chinese Glyphs and Rhyme Shapes
Lesson 6: The Rules of Chinese Poetry (Forms, couplets, rhyming, the unequal of two and four, and the pairing of two and six)
Lesson 7: Rules of Chinese Poetry (Antiphonal, Viscous, Forbidding the Same Parallelism in the Last Three Characters, Forbidding a Single Plain Voice)
Lesson 8: Reading Chinese Poems (1) (Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase)
Lesson 9: Reading Chinese Poems (2)(Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase)
Lesson 10: Reading Chinese Poems (3) (Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase)
Lesson 11: Reading Chinese Poems (4) (Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase)
Lesson 12: Reading Chinese Poems (5)(Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase)
Lesson 13: Reading Chinese Poems (6) (Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase)
Lesson 14: Reading Chinese Poems (7)(Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase)
Lesson 15: Reading Chinese Poems (8) (Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase)

Report：Revise the presentation materials for the exercise and submit a final draft.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Handouts will be prepared by the instructor.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details)

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review From the first to the fifteenth class, assignments related to the next class and works from "Qu You's annotations to the complete works" will be handed out in the previous class. Students other than the instructor are required to read through these works.

Requirements Understand the Chinese reading method.Prepare a Chinese-Japanese dictionary (an electronic dictionary is also acceptable).

Grading Method Judgments will be made comprehensively based on the content of the presentation, the Q&A session during class, and the student's approach to the class.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Humanities Program
Lecture Code	WMBB6501	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	漢字文化論演習A
Subject Name （Katakana）	カンジブンカロンエンシュウA
Subject Name in English	Seminar on Chinese character culture
Instructor	OTA TORU
Instructor (Katakana)	オオタ　トオル
Campus		Semester/Term	1st-Year, First Semester, First Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1st) Mon3-4：LET B202
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)
・ Seminar ・Discussion・presentation・Work
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	14 : Cultural Studies
Eligible Students
Keywords	Chinese Poetry, Reading Chinese Literature, People's Thought
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	The purpose of this course is to deepen students' understanding of the characteristics of the Japanese and Chinese languages through the reading of Chinese poetry. In this class, students will read and understand the characteristics of Chinese poetry, which is a part of the Chinese character culture in Japan. After understanding the rules of Chinese poetry, students will learn how Japanese people read and studied Chinese poetry, and each student will actually perform the same task. Once the students become familiar with the work, they will prepare and present their own materials. The course will treat the Chinese poetry of Qiu Yu as a specific work, and examine the characteristics of Chinese poetry studies in Japan.
Class Schedule	lesson1: Japanese Kanji and Chinese Kanji Lesson 2: The Process of Reading Chinese Poetry by the Japanese Lesson 3: The Method of Japanese Reading of the Chinese Characters Lesson 4: Process of Japanese people's creation and reading of Chinese poetry Lesson 5: What is the Parallelism - Japanese Kanji-Japanese Dictionaries and Chinese Glyphs and Rhyme Shapes Lesson 6: The Rules of Chinese Poetry (Forms, couplets, rhyming, the unequal of two and four, and the pairing of two and six) Lesson 7: Rules of Chinese Poetry (Antiphonal, Viscous, Forbidding the Same Parallelism in the Last Three Characters, Forbidding a Single Plain Voice) Lesson 8: Reading Chinese Poems (1) (Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase) Lesson 9: Reading Chinese Poems (2)(Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase) Lesson 10: Reading Chinese Poems (3) (Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase) Lesson 11: Reading Chinese Poems (4) (Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase) Lesson 12: Reading Chinese Poems (5)(Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase) Lesson 13: Reading Chinese Poems (6) (Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase) Lesson 14: Reading Chinese Poems (7)(Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase) Lesson 15: Reading Chinese Poems (8) (Qu You's "Ko-dai-shu," section of poetry in which seven words are used in a single phrase) Report：Revise the presentation materials for the exercise and submit a final draft.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Handouts will be prepared by the instructor.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	From the first to the fifteenth class, assignments related to the next class and works from "Qu You's annotations to the complete works" will be handed out in the previous class. Students other than the instructor are required to read through these works.
Requirements	Understand the Chinese reading method.Prepare a Chinese-Japanese dictionary (an electronic dictionary is also acceptable).
Grading Method	Judgments will be made comprehensively based on the content of the presentation, the Q&A session during class, and the student's approach to the class.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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