How do stories grip people's imaginations and shape their lives? How do stories link tellers and listeners, claim status, encode values, sacralize the status quo, and also inspire change by providing imaginative alternatives? How are stories transformed through expression in different media, at different historical moments, and the goals of scholars? This two week intensive course explores traditions of storytelling, both oral and written, in South and Southeast Asia. Studying the social and historical life of stories, the course provides ways to think about region, gender, religion, social movements, the impact of mass media, and cultural continuities in diaspora. The course also offers methods for identifying, recording, transcribing, writing up and interpreting such genres as folktales, legends, myths, epics, oral histories, family stories, and life histories. While readings will draw largely on South and Southeast Asian materials, the research project may apply these insights and methods to narratives from elsewhere in Asia or the Pacific.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Engage with Asia, particularly South and Southeast Asia, through its diversity of narrative traditions
- Display an understanding of the basic coordinates of cultural diversity in South and Southeast Asia, in relation to multiple versions of stories
- Use theories of narrative and translation to identify continuity and change in the way stories are told and retold across time and place
- Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively
- Communicate knowledge about Asia through narratives and their analysis.
Other Information
4-8 July – Prereading and Preparation Week
(some pre-recorded content, readings, and preparatory materials
11-15 July - Week 1 – In-Person Seminars
18-22 July – Week 2 – In-Person Seminars
3hrs daily including 1hr guest speaker/discussant
+4 weeks of assessment completion time Due 19 August (Friday)
Last 4 weeks post seminars for course assessment assignments
Indicative Assessment
- 1. Preparation of two questions on readings to guide discussion for two assigned sessions100-150 words X2 (20) [LO 1,2,3]
- 2.Field collection and transcription of an oral story500 words (20) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
- 3.15-minute presentation of project in class (10) [LO 4,5]
- 4. Final essay expanding on earlier paper and analytically situating the narrative in relation to class readings.2,000 to 2,500 words (50) [LO 1,2,3,5]
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Workload
Please see Wattle or the ANU Timetabling website for time and venue details.
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the School of Culture History and Language to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Prescribed Texts
Course materials will be provided on Wattle.Areas of Interest
- Anthropology
- Cultural Studies
- Asian Studies
- Asia Pacific Studies
- Literature
- Asia-Pacific Studies
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you 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). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found 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 |
|---|---|
| 2022 | $3840 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2022 | $4980 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Winter Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4660 | 04 Jul 2022 | 08 Jul 2022 | 15 Jul 2022 | 19 Aug 2022 | In-Person and Online | View |
