JAPANESE LANGUAGE 2

The teaching falls within the curriculum of the course "LANGUAGES AND CIVILIZATION OF ASIA AND MEDITERRANEAN AFRICA".
The course corresponds to 12 CFU and it consists of 30h teacher + 120 h exercises. The students are also expected to dedicate a significant amount of time to single or group work on texts.

The course, as a whole, aims to develop translating skills of literary texts as well as original sources.

The aims of the course are the following ones:
1- Acquire knowledge and understanding of the Japanese modern literature of "Kaidan"(怪談), as well as the cultural features which characterize it.
2. Apply their language skills to understand to solve translating issues.
3- Acquire the ability to collect and interface Japanese sources and re-elaborate them in Italian.
4- Acclimate the student to short expositions of seminar nature.

Provide the student with the methodological toolkit to conduct their research facing Japanese sources in view of the completion of the Master's Thesis.

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

1- Know how to read and understand advanced-level texts in Japanese.
2- Know "Kaidan" literature and its thematics.
2- Apply linguistic and cultural skills to translate texts and solve translation issues.
3- Make connections between the texts read in class e re-elaborate them as training for the completion of the Master's Thesis.

The expected level at the end of the course is C1 (CEFR).

1- Be able to interface Japanese novels and academic articles.
2- Know the essentials of Japan's history.
2- Master the use of dictionaries.

The course consists of:
1) Course professor: 30h in class.
2) Mother-tongue exercises (120 hours in class):
mod.2.1A: Dr. NAKAYAMA
mod 2.1B: Dr. SUZUKI
mod 2.1C: Dr. SUZUKI
mod.2.1D: Dr. SUZUKI

Professor Lo Cigno's 30h will consist of the following activities:

1- Presentation of the history and theory of "Kaidan" starting from the analysis of the figure of "Kaii" (怪異). It will be also provided a brief analysis of the main contemporary authors.
2- Reading of journals, articles, and novels.
3- Comments and reviews of the contents of the texts and of the translations produced by the students.

Texts are uploaded weekly on Moodle and are to be prepared for the forthcoming lesson.

Brief list of sources, a part of which will be read in class:
1・「洛外洛中・怪異ばなし」京都新聞社
2・池田彌三郎著「日本の幽霊」中公文庫
3・木場貴俊著「怪異をつくる・日本近世怪異文化史」文学通信
4・朝里樹著「歴史人物怪異談事典」幻冬社
5・山田雄司著「怨霊とは何か」中央公論新社
6・高岡弘幸著「幽霊　近世都市が生み出した化物」吉川弘文館
7・小山聡子・松本健太郎編「幽霊の歴史文化学」思文閣出版

A brief list of highly recommended bibliography:
a) Faini, P. 2004. "Tradurre: Manuale teorico e pratico". Carocci editore.
b) Eco, U. 2003. "Dire quasi la stessa cosa. Esperienze di traduzione". Bompiani.
c) "Nihonryouiki: Cronache soprannaturali e straordinarie del Giappone". Carocci.
d) Ueda, A. 1768. "Racconti di pioggia e di luna", a cura di Orsi M.T. Marsilio.
e) San'yuutei, E. 1861-64. "La lanterna delle peonie", a cura di Mastrangelo M. Marsilio.

N.B.
The novels will be discussed and chosen together during the first lesson.

The final score will be assigned based on the results of written and oral tests.

Regarding Dr. Lo Cigno's part of the course, both attending and non-attending students will have to sit a written test. It will consist of a translation of a text not read in class supported by the use of a dictionary (electronic dictionaries are allowed, but applications for smartphones/tablets are prohibited).

The course is structured in frontal classes, translation parts, exsposition parts, practical exercises with the language instructors, and class discussions.
Traditional activities will be coordinated with weekly in-class assignments (translation and discussion of translation choices). It is highly recommended that students bring their laptops/tablets with suitable writing devices to class.
Students will be required to complete weekly tasks (individual or group work) such as translation and presentation.

Italian

written and oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development