Message from ritow

[Anonymous]

Wow. Prof. Miyake is a fascinating woman and an excellent teacher, not only did I gain knowledge about Classical Japanese literature, but I also learned a lot about teaching and presenting a lecture.
The Classical Japanese literature provides today’s reader with an excellent window to Classical Japan. Through the poetry, prose, and diaries, one can learn about the social and political climate of the time, as well as see that the Japanese people are an educationally minded people that accept only the very best from its citizens. Their writings were completely different than anything that had been written before, from the form to the rhythm to the authors themselves. To write required a person to not only be literate, but to be clever, concise, worldly, witty, and up to date on societal mores and political happenings. Imagine if everyone in America were required to be aware of their surroundings and prove it through composition of poetry and prose, and passed a journal outlining proper decorum to their children. Wouldn’t that be fantastic? How different things would be…