6750002 Oriental History
| Numbering Code | U-LET24 26750 LJ36 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Year-round | |
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| Number of Credits | 4 | Course Type | reading | |
| Target Year | Target Student | |||
| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Wed.2 | |
| Instructor name | NAKASUNA AKINORI (Graduate School of Letters Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course |
This year, we will read M.S. Saarela’s The Early Modern Travels of Manchu: A Script and Its Study in East Asia, 2020. This book explores how Han-Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, and Europeans have approached the Manchu language and script, the lingua franca of the Great Qing Empire. Although Manchu language itself has a small influence on each society, the linguistic approach of those who studied Manchu language is closely related to their respective linguistic views, and this book can be read also as a case-study of comparative-language and cross-cultural theory. This class is not compulsory for students who hope to be assigned to the Oriental History specialization . I welcome students who are interested in early modern global history, |
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| Course Goals |
1, You can acquire the power of accurate English-Japanese translation. 2. You will be able to think about languages and characters from multiple angles. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
Introduction (1st week) Introduction. A Cultural History of the Manchu Script (2nd-3rd week) Chapter 1. To Follow Fuxi or Kubilai Khan? Written Manchu Before 1644 (4th-6th week) Chapter 2. The Beijing Origins of Manchu Language Pedagogy, 1668-1730 (7th-10th week) Chapter 3. Phonology and Manchu in Southern China and Japan, c. 1670-1716 (11th-13th week) Chapter 4. Manchu Words and Alphabetical Order in China and Japan, 1683-1820s (14th-16th week) Chapter 5. Leibniz ’s Dream of a Manchu Encyclopedia and Kangxi ’s Mirror, 1673-1708 (17th-19th week) Chapter 6. The Manchu Script and Foreign Sounds from the Qing Court to Korea, 1720s-1770s (20th-22nd week) Chapter 7. The Invention of a Manchu Alphabet in Saint Petersburg, 1720s-1730s (23rd-25th week) Chapter 8. The Making of a Manchu Typeface in Paris, 1780s-1810s (26th-28th week) Conclusion (29 week) Feedback (30 week) |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Class participation | |||
| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Submit a Japanese translation of the portion of the English text assigned to them. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Other; to be distributed in class. | ||
| References, etc. | Other; none | |||
