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2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

EAST5396M Advanced Japanese in Context: Culture and Identity

30 creditsClass Size: 30

Module manager: Dr Irena Hayter
Email: i.hayter@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

Level 2 Japanese (three years undergraduate study of Japanese, including a Year Abroad in Japan) or equivalent

This module is mutually exclusive with

EAST3286

Advanced Japanese in Context: Culture and Identity

Module replaces

EAST5367M Advanced Japanese in Context: Culture and Identity

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

If modernity equals the West, then how can one be modern and Japanese? How was 'Japaneseness' imagined in the transnational age of capitalism and imperialism? How did Japanese intellectuals confront the oppositions of the modern experience: between an "authentic" past a superficial present; between individualism and belonging, politics and culture, local identifications and the national? This module will focus on original Japanese texts (from the 1890s to the present) dealing with the problems of cultural identity: essays and articles by Natsume Sōseki, Tanizaki Jun’ichirō, Sakaguchi Ango, Kawabata Yasunari and others. The module will build knowledge of Japanese intellectual history and cultural critique as well as transferable skills for reading, analysis and translation of original Japanese texts. This knowledge and skills, assessed through an essay and exam, will help students when working with Japanese primary sources for their dissertation.

Objectives

This module will:

- provide students with significant knowledge of original Japanese texts dealing with intellectual history and cultural critique;
- allow students to develop a high degree of competence in reading these texts;

- develop knowledge of the broader socio-political and discursive contexts in which the texts emerged.

Learning outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to write Japanese fluently and accurately in all language tasks and, in translation between English and Japanese, to use both languages accurately, with correct spelling and grammar. To apply the understanding and skills acquired in the module when researching primary sources for the dissertation, in line with the objectives and outcomes of the Masters programmes.

Skills outcomes
- close reading and translation;

- analysis and critique;

- sensitivity to the rhetorical strategies texts use in order to make their arguments.

Syllabus

The module will be run in student-led seminar-style classes. The selected readings, ranging from the 1890s to the present, will focus on the problems of cultural identity. Texts will include essays and articles by Natsume Sôseki, Tanizaki Jun'ichirô, Sakaguchi Ango, Kawabata Yasunari and others

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	20	1.00	20.00
Private study hours			280.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

140 hours preparation for classes
70 hours preparing critical essay
70 hours preparing for exam

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Ongoing monitoring of comprehension, translation, and critical analysis in student-led seminars.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	4,500	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Unseen exam	2 hr 00 mins	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 27/07/2017

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