授業の目的 【日本語】
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授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course | | | In this course we will explore a number of authors and texts that destabilize the notion of “Japanese literature” as national literature written exclusively by ethnic Japanese born and raised in Japan. These challenges come from multiple directions and include post-colonial texts authored by Zainichi Koreans writers, ethnic minority writers of Okinawan or Ainu background, newcomer immigrant authors who chose Japanese as their literary language, as well as Japanese authors writing in, or about their experience with, a foreign language. We will discuss both the various terms used to categorize transnational writing as well as their role as constitutive outside of “Japanese 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 | | We will read short and medium-length novels in English translation. Note that this course is not a lecture but a seminar focusing on student-led discussions.
Below is a rough outline of the course content:
W1-3 Theoretical and historical background
W4-10 Zainichi Korean literature
W11-12 Okinawan Literature
W13-15 Transnational Writers |
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履修条件・関連する科目
Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | The course is open to undergraduate and graduate students of the G30 Japan-in-Asia Cultural Studies Program (2nd year and above) as well as NUPACE students. Students from other majors are welcome if they are familiar with the basics of literary analysis.
In keeping with NU policies, students must attend 80% of classes in order to receive credit for the course. |
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成績評価の方法と基準
Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | Participation 30%
Presentation & Discussion Leader 30%
Final Term Paper 40%
The above is subject to change depending on class size and teaching format (remote/in-class).
To pass, students must earn 60 points in total. |
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教科書・テキスト
Textbook | | | All readings will be made available electronically as PDFs, etc. No textbook is required for this class. English translations of all texts will be provided electronically (most of the Japanese originals as well as translations into a number of other languages are available at NU libraries). |
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参考書
Reference Book | | Recommended background readings:
•Amos, Timothy D. Embodying difference: the making of burakumin in modern Japan. University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2011.
•Bhowmik, Davinder L. Writing Okinawa : narrative acts of identity and resistance. Routledge, 2008.
•Hein, Laura, and Mark Selden, eds. Islands of discontent: Okinawan responses to Japanese and American power. Rowman & Littlefield, c2003.
•Molasky, Michael S. The American occupation of Japan and Okinawa: literature and memory. Routledge, 1999
•Ryang, Sonia, ed. Koreans in Japan : critical voices from the margin. Routledge, 2000.
•Ryang, Sonia and John Lie, eds. Diaspora without homeland: being Korean in Japan. University of California Press, 2009.
•Weiner, Michael, ed. Japan's : the illusion of homogeneity. Routledge, 2009.
•Wender, Melissa. Lamentation as history: narratives by Koreans in Japan, 1965-2000. Stanford University Press, 2005. |
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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 will receive substantial weekly reading assignments and be asked to regularly submit written reading responses. In addition, all participants will be discussion leaders once, which will need extensive preparation (supported by 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 | | | If you wish to drop the class, let me know in writing before the end of the official withdrawal period. Early notification is appreciated, especially if you have already been assigned a discussion leadership. |
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備考
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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 seminar the learning outcome of which depends on your preparation and active participation in class. It is a reading-intensive course recommended to students who genuinely enjoy reading and discussing a broad range of texts! |
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