2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
EAST3286 Advanced Japanese in Context: Culture and Identity
20 creditsClass Size: 25
Module manager: Ayako Yoshino
Email: A.yoshino@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
Pre-requisite qualifications
Japanese Year Abroad (or equivalent)Module replaces
EAST3265This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
By the end of this module, students will:- have gained significant knowledge of original Japanese texts dealing with intellectual history and cultural critique;
- have a high degree of competence in reading these texts;
- have a confident grasp of the broader socio-political and discursive contexts in which the texts emerged.
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: how was "Japaneseness" imagined and constructed in a transnational age of capitalism and imperialism? How did Japanese intellectuals confront the implacable oppositions of the modern experience: between a past perceived as authentic and a superficial present; between individualism and belonging, politics and culture, local identifications and the national? 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 | 180.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 20.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
90 hours preparation for classes45 hours preparing critical essay
45 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 | 3000 words | 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 |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) (S2) | 2 hr | 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 websiteLast updated: 29/04/2024 16:13:10
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