College Bulletin 2024-2025 
    
    Dec 10, 2024  
College Bulletin 2024-2025

JPNS 053. Classical Japanese Literature and Language Change.


Cross-listed as LING 013 .
This course serves as an introduction to both Classical Japanese literature and the history of the Japanese language. Students will read selections of Classical Japanese texts in English with optional modern and classical Japanese renditions provided. Each class we will first discuss the content and relevance of the assigned reading before delving into passages from the original text to examine the linguistic structures of earlier Japanese and consider how the language has changed over time.

Prerequisites: JPNS002 or permission from instructor.
HU.
1 credit.
Eligible for ASIA.
Spring 2025. Bundschuh.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: Japanese  
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/japanese


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