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1431007Chinese Language and Literature (Special Lectures)

Numbering Code G-LET11 61431 LJ36 Year/Term 2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type special lecture
Target Year Target Student
Language Japanese Day/Period Tue.3
Instructor name MATSUE TAKASHI (Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course The objective of this course is to understand the historical process through which indirect speech expressions in the Old Chinese language developed and the formal and functional features that characterize them.
After an overview of complex sentence structures in the Modern Chinese language, by comparing them with those in Japanese, students will read scholarly texts written in Chinese to gain an understanding of the various issues related to complex sentences in the Old Chinese language. In addition, students will be able to understand the historical changes in complex sentence structures in the Old Chinese language along with their typological characteristics.
Course Goals Students will be able to examine the historical changes in indirect speech expressions in the Chinese language and the typological characteristics of these expressions in the Old Chinese language based on their understanding of the formal and functional differences between these expressions in the Old and Modern Chinese languages.
Schedule and Contents First, students will be introduced to basic literature for the study of the Old Chinese language. Then, the formal and functional features of indirect speech expressions in the Modern Chinese language will be explained. Students will read the book (in Chinese) 董秀芳「実際語篇中直接引語与間接引語的混用現象」（『語言科学』第7巻第4期，2008）from Week 3 to 7 and 杜道流「古代漢語動詞“問”帯賓語結構的演変」（『語言科学』第4巻第2期，2005年）from Week 8 to 11, and discuss the various issues related to indirect speech expressions in the Old Chinese language. For the weeks students will be reading the Chinese texts, one student will be put in charge of preparing a Japanese translation, and the teacher will explain and comment on the content during class. The schedule is as follows, but depending on how the course progresses and students’ situation, the order and number of classes assigned to each topic may change.

Week 1: Discussing the course purpose and basic literature for the study of the Old Chinese language
Week 2: Indirect speech expressions in the Modern Chinese language (1)
Week 3: Indirect speech expressions in the Modern Chinese language (2)
Week 4: Reading 董秀芳2008 (1)
Week 5: Reading 董秀芳2008 (2)
Week 6: Reading 董秀芳2008 (3)
Week 7: Reading 董秀芳2008 (4)
Week 8: Reading 杜道流2005 (1)
Week 9: Reading 杜道流2005 (2)
Week 10: Reading 杜道流2005 (3)
Week 11: Reading 杜道流2005 (4)
Week 12: Typology of indirect speech expressions since the mid-century (1)
Week 13: Typology of indirect speech expressions since the mid-century (2)
Week 14: Summary
Week 15: Feedback
Evaluation Methods and Policy Based on participation (50 points) and reports (50 points). However, report assignments can be substituted with an in-class presentation of Japanese translation of the Chinese text (including annotations).
Course Requirements Students must have taken a course in the Modern Chinese language prior to enrolling and must possess basic knowledge of Chinese classics.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) Students in charge of the Japanese translation of the Chinese text are expected to prepare the translation in advance.
Textbooks Textbooks/References No textbook assigned. Handouts will be distributed in class.
References, etc. To be introduced during class
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