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Japn 314 Japanese Literature in Translation. Expectations for the Course. Over the course of the semester, students come to see the relationship between Reading the text Responding to and Interpreting it Discussing it in class Writing about it. Author, reader text.
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Japn 314 Japanese Literature in Translation Expectations for the Course
Over the course of the semester, students come to see the relationship between • Reading the text • Responding to and Interpreting it • Discussing it in class • Writing about it Author, reader text
That students appreciate the challenges involved in textual interpretation and Develop strategies for reading and interpreting in meaningful ways Strategies for interpreting texts
Texts embody cultural values and Are products of their time and place Students should be open and receptive to the material we are reading in the class and Have moments of “passionate engagement” with these texts. Texts and contexts
To teach is to create a space in which the community of truth is practiced” and “[In this community of Truth there is the opportunity for] an eternal conversation about things that matter, conducted with passion and discipline” Parker palmer on truth