"THE LITERATURE OF MOUNT FUJI" for Teachers and Students

2017/5/29 14:45

May 29, 2017

Chuo University

"THE LITERATURE OF MOUNT FUJI"

for Teachers and Students

"THE LITERATURE OF MOUNT FUJI", English and Japanese teaching materials, are now available on the Chuo University website. The materials are part of a project to develop teaching materials for major course subjects offered in foreign languages.

Regarded by many as the symbol of Japan, Mount Fuji was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013. It is revered for its profound connections to Japanese religion, literature, and history, and is an ideal topic for introducing Japan's culture and people.

With the support of special funding from the Japanese Government's Promotion of Global Human Resource Development Project, Chuo University has been developing teaching materials for major course subjects offered in foreign languages. A project team led by Professor Tomomi Yoshino of the Faculty of Letters compiled THE LITERATURE OF MT. FUJI: Japanese Classical Literature to assist with teaching classical Japanese literature in English, intending it as a useful text for introducing the characteristics, cultural, and nature of the Japanese people. The materials are intended for use by Japanese students planning to pursue internationally oriented careers and/or foreign students studying in Japan.

Structure of the materials

For centuries, Mount Fuji has been depicted from many different perspectives in stories and poetry, and it has exerted a unique influence on Japanese culture in both religion and the arts. The materials introduce works of literature that represent Mount Fuji, divided into three categories: 1.) Mount Fuji: A Mountain Known to All; 2.) Mount Fuji in Pictures; and, 3.) Mount Fuji as Seen in Literature: Its Religious, Scenic, and Sentimental Connotations. Each work comes with a brief introduction that provides such information as the date of creation, an outline of the whole work, contents of the excerpted portion, and notable characteristics.

Intended for educational purposes only, the materials are publicly available on Chuo University's "GO GLOBAL" website: http://globalization.chuo-u.ac.jp/lab/

Publisher: Chuo University

Length: 169 pages

Date of issue: March 2017

Languages: English and Japanese

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