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Module Specifications
Archived Version 2020 - 2021
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Description The purpose of this module is to enable students critically to examine images and stereotypes of Japan appearing foreign media and foreign literature. By enhancing their critical capabilities, the module will equip students to interrogate literary and non-literary texts to achieve a deeper understanding both of Japan and of foreign stereotypes of Japan. Students will express their findings in spoken and written Japanese, in classroom presentations and in essays. The module will provide a foundation for students to develop their interests more fully in subsequent work. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Investigate and analyse topical issues in contemporary Japanese Society. 2. Describe how these issues are portrayed in Japanese and Western media. 3. Lead an advanced discussion on the topic in the target language. 4. Demonstrate research capabilities in the topic in the target language. 5. Evaluate critically and trace the development of the main themes in the representation of Japan in western literature. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Learning Activities LecturesTracing the development of stereotyped images of Japan in the West. Images of Women based on the historical relationship between the West and Japan. Western images of Japanese men. Wartime images of Japan. Western attitudes to and understanding of Japanese aesthetics and beauty. Western attitudes to and images of Japanese religion Western images of Japanese nature. The use by Western writers and artists of images drawn from the range of stereotyped images of Japan, and deployed in commercial work, in popular art, in high art and in literature.Audio visual supplementing lecturesSample of films and television programmes showing stereotypes of images of Japan and how that persisted. Western Advertisements availing of conventional images of Japan: Japanese traditional sports, Japanese traditional theatre forms; Japanese ‘high modern’ cyber art; Japan as a futuristic metropolis.LiteratureExtracts from Japanese literary novels, as interpreted in Western media.Classroom presentationsStudents choose a stereotyped image and give a presentation on the theme.EssayStudents write a terminal essay on the theme of their presentation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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