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21D23005 - Zen budizam i knjizevnost

Course specification
Course title
Acronym 21D23005
Study programme
Module
Type of study
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
    Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
      ESPB 9.0 Status
      Condition Enrolled PhD studies Oblik uslovljenosti
      The goal Study of the specifics use and understanding of language in classic Zen Buddhist literature of China and Japan, and to evaluate the possibilities of application of Zen Buddhist discourse in literature. Zen texts characterized by numerous mutual inter-connection, which is often necessary knowledge to understand. Lighting of the layered structure is one of the main goals of this course.
      The outcome To acquire the necessary basic knowledge and understanding of the peculiarities of the use of language as a means of conveying a Zen Buddhist teachings in the tradition of Chinese and Japanese Goroku (Yulu) genre.
      Contents
      Contents of lectures Unlike other forms of Buddhism, transfer and understanding of the basic doctrines of the woman is not carried out through the adoption of the teachings of the scriptures (sutras), but through individual students encounter with the living experience of enlightenment former teacher. That experience as a living word predecessors have been preserved within the Goroka genre. In the theoretical part of teaching, attention is paid to the theoretical treatment differences within these two forms of Buddhist traditions: one that relies on the authority of scripture and the other that seeks understanding of Buddhist teachings.
      Contents of exercises In practical teaching, one of the concrete articles to be studied and the ratio of basic linguistic expression Zen Buddhist teachings, primarily on the basis of the material from the collection of Chinese Zen Buddhist koan Bi-yan-lu (Hekiganroku). Also, we will deal with the synthesis Zen discourse and the written expression, primarily in poetry Hanshan times (Kanzan), legendary figure of Chinese Zen in the Tang period. Zen Buddhist ter in Japan we will study through the work of Dogen and Hakuin, as well as the Buddhist monk-poet Ikkju, Rjokan and modern writer Natsume Soseki.
      Literature
      1. Yamada Mumon, Hekiganroku zenteisho, Kyoto, Zen bunka kenkyujo, 1985. (Original title)
      2. Ogawa Takashi, Goroku no kotoba: todai no zen, Kyoto, Zen bunka kenkyujo, 2007. (Original title)
      3. Iriya Yoshitaka, Gudo to etsuraku: chugoku no zen to shi, Tokyo, Iwanami shoten, 384. (Original title)
      4. Yanagida Seizan, Kyounshu, Tokyo, Chuokoron shinsha,2004. (Original title)
      Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
      Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
      4
      Methods of teaching Active reading original texts on the basis of modern translations and adaptations, followed by discussion and work on the hermeneutic interpretation.
      Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
      Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
      Activites during lectures 30 Test paper 70
      Practical lessons Oral examination
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