This course offer a historical overview of the first thousand years of Japanese literature history through selections from representative texts and genres, including myth, poetry, prose fiction, memoir literature, drama, and works of criticism. No prior knowledge of Japanese language, culture, or history is required.

This course fulfills the Second Writing Requirement and the Non-Western Perspective Requirement. To fulfill the

first of these, you will need to write 7 pages for the critical essay and 13 pages for the final term paper. If you are

enrolled in JPTR 5010 you need to write 10 pages for the first paper and 20 for the second, using at least one

source written in Japanese.