授業の目的 【日本語】
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授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course | | | This course is intended as a general overview of modern Japanese literature, covering the period between 1868 and the present. We begin by discussing the concept of “literature“, and by considering what makes it “modern“ and “Japanese“ before moving on to learn about a number of literary forms and political ideologies that inform(ed) literary production. The readings are discussed in close relation to their respective social and political contexts, providing students with good background knowledge of specific aspects of modern Japanese society. Finally, the course aims to familiarize students with various critical and theoretical approaches useful in any reading of literature. |
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到達目標 【日本語】
Objectives of the Course(JPN) | | |
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授業の内容や構成
Course Content / Plan | | Although every effort is made to minimize the reading load, the study of literature necessarily involves a significant amount of actual reading. Students should therefore be prepared to spend time reading a different piece of fiction ranging from short stories to long novels every week.
Below is a tentative outline:
W1 Introduction
W2 The invention of “Japanese literature”
W3 How to read literature
W4 Emerging from the shadows—modern women writers
W5 Elite men abroad—class, race, and the birth of the nation
W6 Autobiographical reading and writing modes
W7 Establishing a new genre--Shishōsetsu I
W8 Living a genre--Shishōsetsu II
W9 Literature as empowerment I (early feminism)
W10 Literature as empowerment II (proletarian literature)
W11 Wartime Conversion
W12 Writing the Student Movement
W13 Writing precarity, writing misogyny I
W14 Writing precarity, writing misogyny II
W15 Final exam |
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履修条件・関連する科目
Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | | The course is designed for 1st and 2nd year undergraduate students of the G30 Japan-in-Asia Cultural Studies Program. Undergraduate students from Japanese programs (e.g. NUemi), as well as NUPACE students are welcome to participate. Students need no prior knowledge of Japanese literature but should expect (and enjoy) reading a different literary text each week. |
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成績評価の方法と基準
Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | Participation 35%
Presentation 30%
Final exam or final paper 35%
The above is subject to change depending on class size and composition.
To pass, students must earn 60 points in total. |
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教科書・テキスト
Textbook | | | All mandatory readings will be made available electronically. |
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参考書
Reference Book | | | As a background reading, students are encouraged to skim through Kato Shuichi’s A History of Japanese Literature: From the Man’yōshū to Modern Times, a concise history of pre-modern writing. |
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課外学習等（授業時間外学習の指示）
Study Load(Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | | Students are expected to cover substantial weekly reading assignments, submit regular reading responses, and prepare for their presentation (in close communication with the instructor). |
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履修取り下げ制度（利用の有無）学部のみ
Course withdrawal | | | Students must inform the instructor (in person or by email) if they intend to drop the class before the end of the official try-out period. Early notification is appreciated. |
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備考
Others | | |
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授業開講形態等
Lecture format, etc. | | B-1) Face-to-face course（possibly including some simultaneous interactive online
classes)
This course is not a lecture but a discussion-based seminar the outcome of which hinges on student participation. Everyone is encouraged to actively participate in discussions! |
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