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Jagiellonian University in Kraków

Oriental Philology – Japanese Studies

Filologia orientalna – japonistyka

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⇑Oriental Philology – Japanese Studies at UJ

Language: PolishStudies in Polish
Subject area: languages
Kind of studies: full-time studies
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⇑Test: check whether Oriental Philology – Japanese Studies is the right major for you!

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Find out if Oriental Philology – Japanese Studies is a good fit for you!

1. Are you enthusiastic about learning Japanese language, including its writing systems (hiragana, katakana, kanji) and honorifics?

2. Do you enjoy studying Japanese literature, from classical works to contemporary novels and manga, and interpreting their themes?

3. Are you interested in the history, religion, and cultural traditions of Japan (e.g., Shinto, Buddhism, tea ceremony, festivals)?

4. Do you enjoy comparative cultural analysis—looking at how Japanese thought, media, or language differs from and connects to other cultures?

5. Are you drawn to translation or interpreting between Japanese and your native language, preserving nuance and context?

6. Do you enjoy engaging with modern Japanese media (anime, film, music, news) to understand contemporary usage and cultural trends?

7. Are you comfortable with research and academic writing, such as analyzing primary texts or producing cultural studies about Japan?

8. Do you appreciate subtle communication styles, implicit meaning, and non-verbal cultural cues prevalent in Japanese interaction?

9. Do you envision using your skills in areas like cultural diplomacy, education, translation, international business, or media related to Japan?

10. Are you motivated to develop sustained discipline in language acquisition and cultural immersion over time?

⇑Definitions and quotes

Japanese Studies
Japanese studies or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe) is a division of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese language, culture, history, literature, art, music, and science. Its roots may be traced back to the Dutch at Dejima, Nagasaki in the Edo period. The foundation of the Asiatic Society of Japan at Yokohama in 1872 by men such as Ernest Satow and Frederick Victor Dickins was an important event in the development of Japanese studies as an academic discipline.
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Philology
Philology is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is a combination of literary criticism, history, and linguistics. Philology is more commonly defined as the study of literary texts as well as oral and written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning. A person who pursues this kind of study is known as a philologist.
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Philology
To live classically and to realize antiquity practically within oneself is the summit and goal of philology.
Friedrich Schlegel, Philosophical Fragments, P. Firchow, trans. (1991) § 147
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Philology
Philologists, who chase
A panting syllable through time and space,
Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark,
To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark.
William Cowper, Retirement (1782)
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Philology
Among us, the so-called "higher criticism," which reigns supreme in the domain of philology has also taken possession of our historical literature. This higher criticism has been the pretext for introducing all the anti-historical monstrosities that a vain imagination could suggest. Here we have the other method of making the past a living reality; putting subjective fancies in the place of historical data; fancies whose merit is measured by their boldness, that is, the scantiness of the particulars on which they are based, and the peremptoriness with which they contravene the best established facts of history.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosophy of History Vol 1 p. 7-8
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