Literary and Cultural Discourse in Modern Japan will introduce students to seminal texts (in English translation) that defined literary and cultural discourse from the Meiji period to present-day Japan. Specifically, the course has three central aims:
1. To help students to attain a strong degree of familiarity with key Japanese literary texts and to understand how they relate to their various literary, cultural, political and historical contexts. Through this it is hoped that students will not only gain a deeper understanding of specific texts and writers but will also better understand the range of issues and competing and contradictory narratives that shape modern Japanese culture.
2. To help students, through reading and discussion, to develop their understanding of critical theory and its practical application in textual analysis.
3. To help students develop and refine their research, analytical and critical writing skills, culminating in a research essay drawing on primary and secondary sources and compliant with relevant academic conventions. This research project will be broken into a number of subcomponents to be completed at various stages throughout the semester.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Display familiarity with key modern Japanese texts in translation
- Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between these texts and their literary, cultural, political and historical contexts.
- Analyse and discuss the content, structure and context of specific works
- Conduct research drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources
- Develop a viable research topic and write a research paper effectively analysing said topic in accord with appropriate academic conventions.
Indicative Assessment
- In-class Quizzes (35) [LO 1,2]
- Response essays (4) 600 words each (30) [LO 1,2,3]
- Research Project - 3000 words (made up of: Proposal (5%), Outline & Bibliography (5%), Rough Draft (10%), Final Submission (15%)) (35) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
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Workload
The total workload for this course is 130 hours including in class time and independent study.Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
A full reading list will be made available on wattle prior to the semester's start. Some texts will be provided by the instructor, others students will have to purchase or borrow from the library.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
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- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2020 | $3120 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2020 | $4800 |
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First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4398 | 24 Feb 2020 | 02 Mar 2020 | 08 May 2020 | 05 Jun 2020 | In Person | View |
