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 158-140 Discover Japan

Credit Points

12.5 1st year

Coordinator

Professor W H Coaldrake

Prerequisites

Nil.

Semester

2

Contact

2 hours of lectures; 1 hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

An introductory subject on Japan for students of Japanese language which provides a socio-cultural basis for communication in the Japanese language and prepares students for further studies on Japan. It examines major aspects of traditional and contemporary Japan and 'discovers' their relationship to Japanese geography, including the city of Tokyo; society, particularly the family, the education system and the workplace, including the role of women; government and politics; elite and popular culture in modern Japan; and the historical background to Japan today.

Assessment

Continuous assessment equivalent to not more than 4,000 words. Students are required to attend a minimum of 70 percent of all classes in order to be eligible to submit assessed work.

Prescribed Texts
  • Joy Hendry, Understanding Japanese Society. Routledge, 2nd ed., 1995.
  • June Kinoshita and Nicholas Palevsky, Gateway to Japan. Kodansha International, 1990.
  • Paul Varley, Japanese Culture. 3rd Edition, 1984.
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