ASIA2058 Modern Japanese Culture
Later Year Course
| Offered By | School of Culture, History and Language |
|---|---|
| Academic Career | Undergraduate |
| Course Subject | Asian Studies |
| Offered in | Second Semester, 2010 and First Semester, 2011 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description |
This is the companion course to ASIA 2009 Modern Japanese Society (MJS). Whereas MJS examines Japan through the lens of the social sciences Modern Japanese Culture (MJC) approaches Japan through the humanities. Specifically, this class will draw on such materials as novels, short stories, film, poetry, anime and theatre to introduce students to a cross-section of Japanese culture: high and low, metropolitan and peripheral, contemporary and not-so-contemporary. In this class we will move beyond simplistic characterizations of Japanese culture and Japanese cultural identity as homogeneous, monolithic entities and arrive at understandings of Japan, Japanese culture and cultural identity as an amalgams of coexisting, competing and oftentimes conflicting narratives, each with its own historical and political context. |
| Learning Outcomes | Through lectures and outside readings students will gain a basic familiarity with important cultural and historical trends in modern Japan. In group discussions and the final research paper students will learn how to develop and apply historically contextualised analyses of cultural artefacts. In writing the research paper students will master the fundamentals of academic writing (setting a viable research topic, archival work, critical analysis, conventions of academic writing, etc.) over the course of their investigation of a specific aspect of modern Japanese culture. |
| Indicative Assessment |
Attendance (10% Tutorial Assignments (20%) Quizzes (20%) Research Paper (50%) comprising of the following - Title & abstract (10%) Annotated bibliography and outline (15%) Final Draft (75%) |
| Workload |
1 x 2 hour lecture plus 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week |
| Areas of Interest | Non Language Asian Studies |
| Requisite Statement | Completion of 6 university courses (36 units). |
| Majors/Specialisations | Cognitive Major (Contemporary Asian Societies), Japanese Studies, and Northeast Asian Studies |
| Academic Contact | Dr Mark Gibeau |
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