Module Code - Title:

JA4628 - JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 2: MINORITY LITERATURE

Year Last Offered:

2026/7

Hours Per Week:

Lecture

1

Lab

0

Tutorial

2

Other

0

Private

7

Credits

6

Grading Type:

N

Prerequisite Modules:

Rationale and Purpose of the Module:

To develop students' knowledge of the cultural and literary influence of Japanese ethnic minorities through studying the work of authors from these minorities writing in Japanese today; to develop students' skills in communicating in oral and written Japanese.

Syllabus:

Students are introduced to issues of ethnicity in contemporary Japan through the study of representative literary texts by authors from the minorities concerned, notably the Japanese-Korean and the Okinawan minorities.

Learning Outcomes:

Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the major issues affecting minorities in Japan through the evaluation of representative texts from these minority groups though in-class discussions and presentations and the completion of an essay in Japanese.

Affective (Attitudes and Values)

Use reading, writing and discussion done in respect of the various texts as the basis of further autonomous cultural and linguistic development.

Psychomotor (Physical Skills)

N/A

How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:

aching and learning on this module involve lecture-style presentations of background of the literature, in-class oral presentations by students; discussions and submission of essays by students dealing with set questions, all in Japanese. In terms of graduate attributes, students will become more knowledgeable about the situation of ethnic minorities in Japan and some of the literature through which their viewpoint has been expressed. Students will become more articulate in the target language through essay writing and discussion.

Prime Texts:

¿¿¿¿ Higa, T. (2000) ¿¿¿¿¿ Shirohata¿no¿Shoujo , ¿¿¿ Kodansha

¿¿¿¿ (1982) ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Kakute-tu Pa-ti , ¿¿¿ Rironsha

¿¿¿ Yuu, M. (1999) ¿¿¿¿ Shigojiten , ¿¿¿¿ Kadokawa Bunko

Other Relevant Texts:

Hutchinson, R and M. Williams ¿eds.) (2006) Representing the Other in Modern Japanese Literature , Routledge

Lie, J. (2001) Multiethnic Japan , Harvard University Press

Ryang, S. (ed.) (2000) Koreans in Japan: Critical Voices from the Margin , Routledge

Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:

BACHELOR OF ARTS

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN APPLIED LANGUAGES

BACHELOR OF ARTS INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED ACCESS

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN LANGUAGES

Semester(s) Module is Offered:

Spring

Module Leader:

Generic PRS