Monday, September 30, 2013
Arkham Origins
Throughout my formative years, I've taken french as a foreign language in one way or another. It's a beautiful language, and I've mastered the pronunciation and can easily count off the numbers in my head by now, but it never really stuck with me in a meaningful way. Japanese, however, has always held a mysterious, non-Latin based allure in my heart. Many of the shows I used to watch as a boy were Japanese-influenced, or even originally Japanese and dubbed over into English, and as I've grown up I've come to watch more classical live-action material, like Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Ran, Ikiru, House, Woman in the Dunes. I feel like I've cultivated a basic appreciation of Japanese culture from the juvenile to the mature, the absurd to the sublime, and that by learning the language itself, I'll be able to immerse myself in the culture as easily as its intended audience is able to.
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I love rashomon! Such a great movie. I'm also taking Chinese right now and I really like hong kong action films so I can appreciate your interest in the culture through live-action materials and learning the language!
ReplyDeleteがんばります!
おはようございます。
ReplyDeleteGreat first blog! Which language has been more difficult to learn, French or Japanese? Good luck this semester.
こんにちは。
Japanese is so much more difficult. Incredibly so. In French, there are general parallels with English syntax. With Japanese, you have to think of sentences in a completely different way. That's ignoring the different character system, which I have yet to even begin to master. But I relish the challenge! ありがとうございました。
Deleteこんにちは、TAのあおきです。
ReplyDeleteI am happy and surprised to know that you watched such classical movies! Those are my favorite, too. Hope you will enjoy your Japanese class and lab. You may be able to read the original Rashomon in Japanese someday and it is a great piece!
がんばってください。
TA:あおき
こんにちは、さきです。
ReplyDeleteI have tried to study French but i gave up.... I understand how hard it is to learn language which doesn't use same symbols of your mother tongue. がんばりましょう!
ベンジャミンさん、はじめまして。TAのすがです。
ReplyDelete羅生門(らしょうもん)は、わたしもみたことがあります。ストーリーがおもしろいとおもいました。
また、ブログをかいてください。たのしみにしています。
はい、羅生門はいいえいがです。せんしゅのすいよびわたしは乾いた花をみました。あんたもみましたか。そのえいがはたのしみでおもいではなかった
Deleteはじめまして!わたしはノートルダムだいがくのいちねんせいです。どうぞよろしく。 I wanted to tell you, you have a great list of classic Japanese films! I've only seen Ran and Seven Samurai. For sure I'll have to check out the others. Have you ever watched Yojimbo or its sequel Sanjuro?
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