Lectures on Haiku, Japanese poetry from 18 to 20 November 2008
Internationally lauded Haiku poet to lecture at the University of Jordan and Al Hussein Cultural Center
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The Faculty of Foreign Languages at the University of Jordan in cooperation with the Japan Foundation, a semi-governmental organization for promoting cultural exchange, will host notable Haiku poet and scholar, Professor Koko Kato, from 18-20 November.
Dr. Kato is expected to hold three lectures on Japanese literature and in particular on Haiku, a form of Japanese poetry, with the aim of acquainting literature students and staff alike with Japanese literature. She will discuss the works of greatest Japanese poets and practitioners of Haiku, namely Basho, Buson and Issa. In addition, she is planning to hold a creative workshop on Modern Haiku at the Faculty of Foreign Languages.
Moreover, knowing that Arabs are fond of poetry and creative speech, Dr. Kato will, in addition to her activities in the UJ, hold a special lecture to the public, at Al Hussein Cultural Centre in Ras Al Ain, in cooperation with the Greater Amman Municipality, on 20 November at 6:30pm.
“Haiku can be said to be characterized by its ability to capture the passing moment. We become aware of the images of life through the realistic description of an incident”, Dr. Kato portrays haiku.
Haiku is the shortest fixed form of verse in the world. It pictures a single impression of a natural object or scene, within a particular season, in seventeen syllables arranged in three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Arising in the 16th century, it flourished in the hands of Basho and Buson. Haiku remains Japan's most popular poetic form and is widely imitated in English and other languages.
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