1431006Chinese Language and Literature (Special Lectures)
| Numbering Code | G-LET11 61431 LJ36 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | special lecture | |
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| 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 complex sentences 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 these complex sentences in the Old Chinese language. In addition, students will be able to understand the historical changes in these complex sentence strucctures in the Old Chinese language along with their typological characteristics. |
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| Course Goals | Students will be able to examine the historical changes in complex sentence structures in the Chinese language and the typological characteristics of complex sentences in the Old Chinese language based on their understanding of the formal and functional differences between complex sentences 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 complex sentences in the Modern Chinese language will be explained. From Week 3 to 11, students will read the chapters from 第三章「偏正結構：条件句」 to 梅広『上古漢語語法綱要』(台北：三民書局, 2015) and discuss the various issues related to complex sentences 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: Typology of complex sentences in the Modern Chinese language (1) Week 3: Typology of complex sentences in the Modern Chinese language (2) Week 4: Reading 梅広2015「1．条件的非実然与実然」 Week 5: Reading 梅広2015「2．仮設複句」(1) Week 6: Reading 梅広2015「2．仮設複句」(2) Week 7: Reading 梅広2015「2．仮設複句」(3) Week 8: Reading 梅広2015「2．仮設複句」(4) Week 9: Reading 梅広2015「3．譲歩複句」(1) Week 10: Reading 梅広2015「3．譲歩複句」(2) Week 11: Reading 梅広2015「3．譲歩複句」(3) Week 12: Typology of complex sentences since the mid-century (1) Week 13: Typology of complex sentences since the mid-century (2) Week 14: Summary Week 15: Feedback |
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| 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 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 | |||
