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STUDYQUESTIONSONBASHO'SAESTHETICS
Note
LATJ = Makoto Ueda, "Impersonality in Poetry: Basho on the Art
of Haik!"Literary and Art Theories in
Japan. On e-reserve.
MB = Makoto Ueda,Matsuo Bash!
I. SABI
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GENERALQUESTIONSONSABI
! *hat kind of thin+ is sai- An emotion, a feelin+, a mood, an
atmosphere, !!!-
.! *hat is the relationship et/een sai and emotion- Be
spe0ifi0!
'! *hat1/ho is sai- *here does it 0ome from- 2atre as a /hole-
3ome s0enes1moments in natre- The
poet all the time- The poet only sometimes 4only /ithin 0ertain
s0enes( only drin+ 0ertain moments in
life5-
#! Is it s6e0ti7e- 86e0ti7e- 2either- Both-
&! *hat does sai 0onsist of- *hat are its elements,
0omponents, aspe0ts, 0hara0teristi0s- List as many as
yo 0an, notin+ the arti0les /hi0h mention them!
9! *hat 7er shold /e se /ith sai- eel it- Be a/are of it-
Under+o it- !!!-
;! *hat is the relationship et/een sai and enli+htenment-
2ote
4a5 similarities
45 0onfli0ts1opposities: do they seem 0ontrary in some /ays-
405 differen0es that do not imply 0ontradi0tion
4d5 is there a 0ase and effe0t relationship- If so, /hi0h
/ay-
$! Ho/ /old one +o aot 0lti7atin+ sai- *old that re>ire
0ertain a0ti7ities, 0ertain en7ironments,
0ertain attitdes-
SPECIFICQUESTIONSONTHEREADING
)! 2ote Basho?s 0omment on 3ai+yo?s poem on p! & of LATJ!
*hat point is Basho tryin+ to make
here- @onsider all the 0hara0teristi0s mentioned in all the ao7e
readin+s and de0ide /hat is similar and
different et/een Basho?s notion of sai and the sai presented in
3ai+yo?s poetry!
! *hat does Ueda mean y "impersonality-" is0ss the relationship
et/een sai and impersonality!oes the notion of impersonality make
sense- Try to 0riti0ie his notion!
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V. HO* A POE+ +EANS "n THE PROBLE+ OF INTERPRETATION
! *hat is meant y the phrase "the mind +oes and retrns-" *hy is
it 7aled- @an yo feel yor mind +o
and retrn in any of his poems- *hi0h ones-
.! *hat is the "meanin+" of a haik poem-
'! *hat shold the reader o/ith a haik poem- "perien0e" it-
"Interpret it-" "Understand it-" 8r
/hat- *hat is re>ired of the reader-
#! *hat is in7ol7ed in "interpretin+" a haik poem- *hat
0onstittes a 7alid and an in7alid interpretation-
&! *hat kind of ami+ity is in7ol7ed in a haik poem- Are
there se7eral meanin+s-
VI. LIGHTNESS: BASHO'S INCORPORATION OF THE ORDINARY
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