Course: Imaginings of Japan

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Course title Imaginings of Japan
Course code ASJ/IMAJ
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hanlon Kurtis, PhD.
Course content
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
?In this course we will analyze texts that are written about Japan. The course will incorporate a range of genres and time periods, and will cover texts produced both domestically and internationally. For each text we will consider the questions of how the texts present ?Japan,? who the intended audience is, and how these two factors offer insight into the motives and worldview of the people who wrote them. We will learn about the distinctive rhetorical trends that have emerged over time in writings about Japan, and the social connections and contexts that led to them. We will practice analyzing these texts not simply as unbiased accounts, but as texts that are written to do something in the way it presents Japan to the reader.

Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Recommended literature


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Japanese Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -