Special Announcement - Fall 2019 Featured Courses
A special one-time class offered by the East Asian Studies program this upcoming semester! It will be
taught by Prof. Motoi Katsumata of Japan's Meisei University (whom some students may remember from his rakugo performance a few years back). The class will be on the early modern Japanese fiction of Ihara Saikaku. Saikaku's short works of fiction provide a vivid picture of life in 17th century Japan. They explore a wide range of themes, including honor, sexuality, the law, violence, and commerce. No knowledge of Japanese is required - all readings are in English.
If you’re still looking for additional classes or thinking about changing one of your courses, please take a look as this is a one time only offering! If you want to register, you should be able to do so via Sage, or if you'd like to have yourself added manually, please send an email with your SageID to Professor Fraleigh (fraleigh@brandeis.edu).
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JAPN 150A Greed and Morality in Edo Period Novels
Tu,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Examines the diverse short fiction of Ihara Saikaku, a
seventeenth-century merchant writer from Osaka. Saikaku's novels and
short stories insightfully and vividly explore such themes as
homosexuality, vengeance, filial piety, jurisprudence, and the nouveau
riche. All readings in English. Special one-time offering.
Works include masterpieces of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including those by Chekhov, Pushkin, Gogol, Ostrovsky, Mayakovsky, Erdman, and others, as well as some more recent plays. The class is conducted in English, and students may do the readings in English or in Russian.
No knowledge of Russian is required. (T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM)
Approaching literary translation from several angles at once, this course combines readings in the history and theory of translation with a practical translation workshop. Students will experience first-hand the challenges of literary translation and, with the help of the theoretical readings, reflect on what the process teaches us about linguistic, literary, and cultural difference.
Prerequisite: Excellent reading knowledge of any language other than English. Students will be asked to demonstrate proficiency before receiving consent to enroll in the course.
Professor David Powelstock
Conducted in German.
Tailored to suit the needs of advanced intermediate students, this course explores in detail several short prose masterworks by writers including Martin Buber, Franz Kafka, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Arthur Schnitzler.
Professor Stephen Dowden
What is common and what is different in literatures of different cultures and times? How do literary ideas move from one culture to another? In this course students read theoretical texts, as well as literary works from around the world.
Professor Matthew Fraleigh
Open to all students. Conducted in English. Students may choose to do readings either in English translation or in Russian.
Focuses on the great tradition of the short story as practiced by Russian writers and the connection and divisions among them. This genre invites extreme stylistic and narrative experimentation ranging from the comic to the tragic, as well as being a vehicle for striking expressions of complex social, philosophical, and religious themes.
Professor Robin Feuer Miller
Department Events
The GRALL department calendar includes department-wide events, as well as program-specific events for the each program. Add us to your Google calendar.
Past Department Events
5th Annual International Video Competition
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
GRALL Language Tables: Spring 2017
Japanese Language Table
Friday afternoons in Shiffman 121
Kaffeestunde
Every other Thursday from 2-3 p.m. in Shiffman 121
Korean Language Table
Select Fridays from 4-5 p.m. in Shiffman 121
Русский чай (Russian Tea)
Every other Thursday from 6:30-8 p.m. in Shiffman 121
Meet the Majors: COML, GRALL, ECS
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
GRALL Language Tables: Fall 2016
Chinese Language Table
Every Wednesday from 5:45-7 p.m. in Upper Usdan (when classes are in session)
Japanese Language Table
Every Friday from 2-3 p.m. in Shiffman 121 (when classes are in session)
Kaffeestunde
Every other Wednesday from 2-3 p.m. in Shiffman 121
Korean Language Table
Every Friday from 4-5 p.m. in Shiffman 121 (when classes are in session)
Русский чай (Russian Tea)
Every other Thursday from 6:30-8 p.m. in Shiffman 121
GRALL, ECS + COML Welcome (Back) Reception
Friday, September 2, 2016
2016 International Video Competition
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Meet the Majors/Minors: GRALL Programs, COML, ECS & SAS
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
GRALL Language Tables: Fall 2015
German Table (Kaffeestunde)
Every other Wednesday from 2 - 3 p.m. in Shiffman 124
Japanese Table
Every Friday from 3 - 4 p.m. in Shiffman 124 (when classes are in session)
Russian Table (Russian Tea/Русский чай)
Every other Tuesday from 6:30 - 8 p.m. in Shiffman 124
I Am Global Week Language Lunch
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
GRALL Open House
Thursday, September 3, 2015, 2 - 4 p.m.
Shapiro Campus Center (SCC) Atrium
Brandeis International Video Competition 2015
Thursday, April 16, 2015
"Fame and Fortune: On Writing a New Life of Tchaikovsky"
Featuring Philip Ross Bullock, Professor of Russian Literature and Music at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Wadham College
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
International Education Week Mega Language Lunch
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
"The Other Stories in Anna Karenina: A Translator's Perspective"
Featuring Rosamund Bartlett, Ph.D.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Conference: The Many Dimensions of Herbert Marcuse
Wednesday, October 1 and Thursday, October 2, 2014
GRALL Open House
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
International Video Competition 2014
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Spring 2014 GRALL Submissions:
GERMAN 20B Video Entry (1st Place)
Student contributors: Yanique Seac, Nate Britten and Fei Xu
Instructor: Kathrin Seidl-Gómez
RUSSIAN 20B Video Entry
Student contributors: Sam Gorelik, Alexandra Johnson and A.P.
Instructor: Irina Dubinina
CHINESE 20B Video Entry
Student contributors: Brad Burns, Richard Prou, Robin Trantham and Iris Wang
Instructors: Jian Wei, Li Yang, Jin Yin
JAPANESE 20B Video Entry (2nd Place)
Student contributors: Christina Capshaw, Jessica Lu, Austin Luor, and Jianshuo Qiu
Instructor: Hisae Fujiwara