Japan's emergence as a modern State over the last hundred years is one of the most striking features of recent history. Today Japan stands as one of the most important nations on the world scene, and an understanding of Japan and its people is of the greatest importance. Australia's geographical position in particular makes it inevitable that contacts with Japan must steadily grow. A very large part of Australia's trade is with Japan, and the proportion will probably increase. It is most desirable that knowledge of Japanese culture and civilization should increase at the same time.
A knowledge of Japanese also provides access to a highly stimulating and
varied field of study. Before the modern era, Japan had already evolved a complex civilization by supplementing its own distinctive cultural foundations with extensive adaptations of a wide range of Chinese, Indian and other elements. In addition to the intrinsic value of the resulting variety of literary expression and historical records, this wide background makes a knowledge of modern Japanese scholarship especially useful in the study of other Asian civilizations.
Again, Japans extraordinary success in the task of modernization, both cultural and economic, has resulted in the growth of a vigorous modern literature in close touch with all contemporary problems, as well as a steady stream of valuable publica- tions on scientific and other specialized research. Japanese studies are therefore important both for the intrinsic interest of the national culture, ancient and modern, as well as for the many special contributions the Japanese have made to Asian and general problems of our time.
ORDINARY DEGREE Group 1
74-1. JAPANESE PART I
A course of 6 hours per week consisting of lectures and tutorials.
No previous knowledge of Japanese is necessary for this course and its main emphasis will be linguistic. Students will receive a thorough grounding in Japanese in its spoken and written form. Candidates who intend to proceed to Japanese II must also take East Asian Studies I (cf. p. 200) since a pass in this subject is a pre-requisite for Japanese II.
Holders of the G.C.E. Advanced Level in Japanese and graduates of Japanese middle schools or similar institutions, where the language of instruction is Japanese, are exempted from Japanese I. Such candidates will take East Asian Studies or Chinese I and Japanese II and III as a major for the ordinary degree. They may take Japanese II as an additional, subject in group 1 of the ordinary degree.
Similar exemption may also be given at the discretion of the head of the depart- ment to other candidates who have recognized professional qualifications in Japanese.
SYLLABUS
Phonetics, inflexion and syntax.
Translation from and into Japanese.
Dictation, calligraphy and conversation.
BOOKS
(a) Prescribed textbooks:
*O'Neill, P. G., and Yanada, S.—An Introduction to Written Japanese. (E.U.P.)
*Dunn, C. J. and Yanada, S.-Тeaeh Yourself Japanese. (E.U.P.) (b) Prescribed dictionary:
Nelson, A. N.—The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary.
( Tuttle. )
( c) Recommended for reference:
Sakade, Florence (ed.)—A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese. (Tuttle, 1965.)
EXAMINATION
One 3-hour paper of translation from Japanese ( unseen ). One 3-hour paper of translation into Japanese (unseen) together with questions on Japanese grаmmar.
An oral examination.
74-2. JAPANESE PART II
A course of six hours per week consisting of lectures and tutorials.
The emphasis of courses in Japanese II will be divided between language and the study of Japanese literature. Some Classical Japanese will also be introduced at this
stage.
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OBIENTAL sтvn>Es SYLLABUS
Prescribed texts from modern and classical Japanese literature.
Translation from and into Modem Japanese.
Conversation and oral practice.
Lectures on Japanese literature.
BOOKS
(a) Prescribed texts:
Elisseeff, S., and Reischauer, E.
O.—Selected Japanese Texts for
UniversityStudents.
Vol. I. ( Harvard-Yenching.)*Millеr, R.
A.—A
JapaneseReader, Graded Lessons in the Modern Language.
( Tuttle, 1964.)
( Other Japanese texts, together with a supplementary reading list, may be ob- tained from the department.)
(b) Prescribed Dictionary:
Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, (Kenkyusha,
Tokyo, 1954.)*Nelson, A.
N.—The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary.
( Tuttle. )
(e) Recommended for
reference:
Sakade, Florence (ed.)—A
Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese.
(Tuttle, 1965.)Vaccari,
O. English-Japanese Conversation-Dictionary.
(Vaccari's Language Institute, Tokyo.)EXAMINATION
One 3-hour paper on translation from and into Japanese (unseen). One 3-hour paper on prescribed texts together with questions on Japanese literature. An oral examination.
74-3. JAPANESE PART III
A course of six hours per week consisting of lectures and tutorials.
As in. Japanese II, the emphasis of courses in Japanese III will continue to be divided between language and literature. Selected Modern and Classical works will be studied in the original.
SYLLABUS
Prescribed texts from Modem and Classical Japanese literature.
Translation from and into Modern Japanese.
Classical Japanese.
Advanced oral work.
BOOKS
(a)
Prescribed texts:
(1) For
Classical Japanese
*Taketori Monogatari.
(ed., Iwanami Bunko.)*Hojoki.
( ed. Iwanami Bunko.)(2) For Modern Japanese
*Akutagawa Ryunosuke—Rashomon. (ed., Shincho Bunko.)
*Natsume Soseki—Botchan. ( ed., Iwanami Bunko. )
*Mishima Yukio—Shiosai. (ed., Shincho Bunko.)
*Nakamura Mitsuo—Nihon
No Kindai Shosetu.
[The Modern Japanase Novel.](ed., Iwanami Shoten. ) (b)
Prescribed dictionaries
Jikai. (Sanseido,
Tokyo.) ( Small ed.)*Nelson, A.
N.—The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary.
( Tuttle. )
Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary. (Kenkyusha,
Tokyo, .1954. )Sanseido's New Concise. English Japanese Dictionary. (Sanseido,
Tokyo, ) EXAMINATIONOne 3-hour paper on prescribed texts. One 3-hour paper on unseen translation from modern Japanese. One 3-hour paper on translation into Japanese together with
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