Master's seminar 3600-7-JA5-SM1(L)

Knowledge

- has in-depth and detailed knowledge (including terminology, theory and methodology) in literary studies or linguistic studies or philosophy and religion studies or history K_W01
- has extended knowledge of particular problems pertaining to the culture of Japan (within the scope of culture and literature or language or philosophy and religion or history and socio-political issues) in a comparative perspective K_W02
- has extended knowledge of particular problems pertaining to the culture of Japan (within the scope of culture and literature or language or philosophy and religion or history and socio-political issues) K_W03
- has extended and deepened knowledge of Japanese language . K_W04
- has detailed knowledge pertaining to the state of research on chosen issues related to Japan as well as in-depth knowledge of research centres in Poland and all over the world K_W05
- knows and understands the local academic tradition (methods of analysis, interpretation and evaluation) in the context of Japan K_W07
- demonstrates good grasp of contemporary cultural life of Japan K_W08

Skills
- can search for, analyze, evaluate and use information from different sources and can form critical judgement on its basis K_U01
- can indicate sources of cultural differences between the countries of the Orient, also on the basis of source materials K_U02
- can acquire knowledge independently and enhance research skills as well as develop abilities to build a professional career K_U03
- K_U04
- can use the knowledge in the field of Japanese studies to expand knowledge of humanities K_U04
- can use the knowledge in the field of Japanese studies to solve problems relating to cultural differences in professional situations K_U05
- can use the terminology from the domain of philosophy and religion of Japan to analyze and interpret religious phenomena, ethical motives and human behaviours, as well as cultural differences K_U06
- can detect relationship between the development of philosophical and religious ideas of Japan and social, cultural and economic processes K_U07
- can read, analyze and interpret advanced literary texts and other works of culture (film, press, social writing) of Japan and appropriately place them in their cultural context K_U08
- can compare and thoroughly analyze 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_U09
- can carry out a critical analysis and interpretation of different products of culture of Japan in a way which is appropriate to a chosen tradition, theory and research school within the scope of linguistics or literary and cultural studies or philosophy and religion studies or history, employing unique approaches that take into account the knowledge in the field of Japanese studies K_U10
- can analyze most important phenomena in the area of history, socio-political, linguistic or cultural situation in Japan K_U11
- can evaluate, select and explain most important products of contemporary culture in Japan K_U12
- has a good command of a foreign language at least at the B2+ level (Western languages) K_U14
- has a command of Japanese language at the B2+ level K_U15
- can behave in a professional way, react verbally and mediate in communication and negotiations in a chosen socio-cultural context of Japan K_U16
- can choose and formulate a subject of an MA thesis, select and find sources in Japanese, make references to a range of theoretical approaches and other sources K_U17
- has superior skill at presenting detailed aspects within the scope of cultural issues of Japan in Polish and in Japanese languages taking into consideration the intellectual tradition of Japan K_U18
- has superior skill at formulating own opinions and conclusions in writing and in speech both in Polish and in Japanese languages K_U19
- has superior skill in substantive argumentation with the use of other authors’ views K_U20
- can expertly use advanced electronic and internet tools in Polish and in Japanese languages K_U21

Social competence
- understands the need to learn all one’s life, can inspire and organize other people’s process of learning K_K01
- can actively cooperate and work in a group as well as forge relationships and build social relations K_K02
- can set appropriate goals and ways to achieve them in the context of academic, professional and social activity K_K04
- is open to new ideas and trends as well as cultural diversity K_K05
- has awareness of the differences stemming from cultural, religious and philosophical variety and their influence on shaping social and political attitudes as well as economic processes K_K06
- understands responsibility and ethical issues that come with imparting knowledge of a chosen region K_K07
- understands and appreciates the value of tradition and cultural heritage of one’s own country and of a chosen region K_K08
- can see the need to enrich one’s own tradition by adding positive philosophical, social and cultural values of Japan, treats cultural synergy as an added value K_K09
- actively acts in aid of mutual understanding and effective intercultural communication, cultural and economic cooperation, domestic contacts and ones in Japan K_K10
- actively acts in aid of sharing and promoting cultural heritage and most important products of contemporary culture in Japan K_K11

Students’ abilities to prepare presentations on M.A. paper will be evaluated as well as the
M.A. paper on the chosen topic. The structure of the paper, bibliography, annotations, ability to formulate and prove theses will be taken into account.
Final assessment based on:
- presentations
- presence at the seminar

None

Wiesław Kotański, Zarys dziejów religii w Japonii, Warszawa 1963
Wiesław Kotański, W kręgu shintoizmu t.I i t.II, Warszawa 1995
Jolanta Tubielewicz, Mitologia Japonii, Warszawa 1977
Hori Ichirō, Folk Religion in Japan, University of Tokyo Press, Tokio 1968
Kojiki, czyli księga dawnych wydarzeń, 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 (Słownik bóstw japońskich), red. Sonoda Minoru, Mogi Sakae, Gakken, Tokio 2004
Kotański Wiesław, Japońskie opowieści o bogach, Iskry, Warszawa 1983
Plutschow Herbert, Matsuri. The Festivals of Japan, Japan Library, Avon 1996
Suwa Haruo, Nihon no matsuri to geinō (Japońskie święta religijne a sztuki występy artystyczne), Yoshikawa Hiroshi Bunkan, Tokio 1998
Hisamatsu Shin’ichi, Tōyōteki mu (Nicość Wschodu), Kōdansha, Tōkyō 1987
Hisamatsu Shin’ichi, Jinrui no chikai (Przyrzeczenie człowieczeństwa), Hōzōkan, Kyōto 1984
Hisamatsu Shin’ichi, Bukkyō kōza (Wykłady na temat buddyzmu), Hōzōkan, Kyōto 1990-1991
Kozyra Agnieszka, Filozofia zen, PWN, Warszawa 2004
Kozyra Agnieszka, Filozofia nicości Nishidy Kitarō, Nozomi, Warszawa 2007
Suzuki T. Daisetsu, Zen no shisōshi kenkyū (Studia nad historią myśli zen), Matsugaoka Bunko, Tōkyō 1968

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