JST5580

Japanese literary analysis

Proposed to be offered next in 1999

Alison Tokita

8 or 12 points
* 2 hours per week
* Clayton

Objectives As for JST4580 with the additional objective of acquiring a comparative appreciation of pre-modern and modern Japanese literature.

Synopsis As for JST4580.

Assessment (8 points) Written assignments (3000 words): 50%
* Seminar participation (1000 words): 10%
* Oral presentation (2000 words): 40%
* In the written assignments, students in the fifth-year will be required to conduct a comparative analysis of a pre-modern and a modern work of Japanese literature, applying appropriate theoretical models
Assessment (12 points) Written assignments (6000 words): 60%
* Seminar participation (1000 words) 10%
* Oral presentation (2000 words): 30%
* In the written assignments, students in the fifth-year will be required to consistently show a higher degree of expertise.

Preliminary reading

Eagleton T Literary theory: An introduction Basil Blackwell, 1983

Prescribed texts

Subject materials will be distributed in class