j e c t ives

1. I can identify representative texts and

authors from Japanese Literature.
Ob

1. I can explain the texts in terms of literary

Diversity elements, genres, and tradition of Japanese
Literature

va ti on
1. I can create and analyse Haiku
Inno
and Tanka
Japanese Literature
Life and Nature as One
The Idea of
Life

For a Japanese, Truth is relative.

Goodness and badness are relative, because of

time. There’s a difference about time (clear-cut situation) and

moment
(for the time being).
 3 Ways of Japanese
Living
1. Japanese aesthetics Balance in Perspectives and
Beauty
* You must have experienced (senses) everything.

2 Deterministic view of man

.
Summation of everything/endpoint

*You are shape into three levels:

a. Race b. time and place .

C. power of the moment
 3 Ways of Japanese
Living
3. Power of the moment
Connected to:
Shame vs
Guilt
Japanese doesn’t have
guilt
WHY:
*It was asked by the moment,
thus it has a purpose.
 Mythical Creatures

Kam
i
Spirits that roam around the land
 Oni

Monsters or demonic creatures that

are represented as ogres or trolls
roaming around the Earth
 Yokai
This is a class of supernatural monsters,
spirits and demons in Japanese folklore.
 Shintoism (way of
gods)
● Kami - also known as the Shinto gods
● Humans believe that they become kami as they die, thus their attachment to
nature
● Families build shrines for their kamis to live in
● The Sun Goddess Amaterasu is considered as the most important god
● Shinto is an optimistic faith, as humans are thought to be fundamentally good, and
evil is believed to be caused by evil spirits.
● Matsuri - Japanese festivals to celebrate and honor shrines
● Miko - shrine maiden or caretakers that are usually daughters of priest
● Shinto became the main religion in Japan’s Meiji Period
Some prominent rocks are worshiped as kami.
 Omamori

These are said to provide

various forms of luck or
protection. The word mamori
( 守り ) means protection
 Ofuda

These are charms, wards, or

scriptures that are said to bring
the bearer good luck or
protection as well as other things
depending upon what is written
on them, and are usually sold at
Shinto shrines
 POETRY IN JAPAN

HAIKU TANKA
Tanka is a thirty-one-syllable poem,
"Haiku" is a traditional form of
traditionally written in a single
Japanese poetry. Haiku poems
unbroken line. Tanka translates as
consist of 3 lines. The lines rarely
"short song," .
rhyme.
Themes: Nature, love , specific
Themes: Nature, spiritual longing
moments, seasons and friendship
or loneliness, specific moments.
5-7-5-7-7 syllables
5-7-5 syllables
 PASSWORDS
BLOCK A: Boys and Girls- Haiku
BLOCK B : Boys and Girls - Tanka