B.A. seminar 3600-19-JAW3-SL(Z)

Knowledge
- has detailed and organized knowledge of Japanese literature and writings; can name and characterize most important phenomena/trends/literary texts/writings of Japan (K_W05)
- has detailed and organized knowledge of the history of Japan (K_W06)
- has extensive knowledge of the Japanese language (its structure, history, script) (K_W12)
- is aware of the complex nature of the Japanese language, its place and significance in the cultural and historical context of Japan (K_W13)
- has rudimentary knowledge of translation rules from the Japanese language into Polish (K_W15)
- demonstrates a basic grasp of contemporary cultural life in Japan (K_W16)
Skills
- can read, analyze and interpret literary texts and other works of culture (film, press, social writing) of Japan and appropriately place them in their cultural context (K_U06)
- can compare and perceive interrelations between chosen literary texts and other works of culture (film, press, social writing) of Japan and the issues within the scope of tradition and modern times (K_U07)
- can analyze and interpret source texts in the Japanese language
- can translate literary texts and writings from the Japanese language into Polish (K_U14)
- can interpret key terms from the culture of Japan through linguistic/philological analysis (K_U15)
- can fluently use the script of the Japanese language and the necessary tools to learn and analyze it (traditional and electronic dictionaries, lexicons, linguistic corpora, databases, etc.) (K_U16)
- can use electronic and internet tools both in Polish and in Japanese (K_U24)
Social competence
- can cooperate and work in a group as well as forge relationships and build social relations (K_K02)
- is aware of the significance the culture of Japan has for the culture of the world (K_K07)

Students will prepare presentations and semester papers. The seminar ends with writing a BA thesis.

- presentations and term papers
- presence control (2 unexcused absences per semester)
Students’ abilities to prepare presentations on B.A. paper will be evaluated as well as the
B.A. paper on a chosen topic. The structure of the paper, bibliography, annotations, ability to formulate and prove theses will be taken into account.

brak

Wiesław Kotański, Zarys dziejów religii w Japonii (The Outline of Japanese Religons), Warszawa 1963
Wiesław Kotański, W kręgu shintoizmu (Shintō and its context) t.I i t.II, Warszawa 1995
Jolanta Tubielewicz, Mitologia Japonii (Mythology of Japan), Warszawa 1977
Hori Ichirō, Folk Religion in Japan, University of Tokyo Press, Tokio 1968
Kojiki, czyli księga dawnych wydarzeń (The Records of Ancient Matters), przekład i przypisy: Wiesław Kotański, PIW, Warszawa 1986
Kitagawa Joseph, Religion in Japanese History, Columbia University Press, New York 1966
Nihon no kamigami no jiten (Dictionary of Japanese gods), red. Sonoda Minoru, Mogi Sakae, Gakken, Tokio 2004
Kotański Wiesław, Japońskie opowieści o bogach (Japanese stories about gods), Iskry, Warszawa 1983
Plutschow Herbert, Matsuri. The Festivals of Japan, Japan Library, Avon 1996
Suwa Haruo, Nihon no matsuri to geinō (Japanese festivals and performative arts), Yoshikawa Hiroshi Bunkan, Tokio 1998
Hisamatsu Shin’ichi, Tōyōteki mu (Nothingness in the East), Kōdansha, Tōkyō 1987
Hisamatsu Shin’ichi, Bukkyō kōza (Lectures on Buddhism), Hōzōkan, Kyōto 1990-1991
Kozyra Agnieszka, Filozofia zen (Zen Philosophy), PWN, Warszawa 2004
Suzuki T. Daisetsu, Zen no shisōshi kenkyū (Studies on zen philosophy), Matsugaoka Bunko, Tōkyō 1968