Units of Study Offered in Japanese Studies
JPNS3676 - Monsters & Ghosts: Japanese Fantasy & SF
Semester 1, 2011 | Credit Points: 6
Coordinator: Rebecca Suter
Phone: +61 2 9351 6766
Email: rebecca.suter@sydney.edu.au
Description
The course will focus on fantasy and science fiction as means of representing the Other in modern Japanese literature and popular culture. Building on Tzvetan Todorov's definition of the fantastic as a hesitation between the realistic and the supernatural, it will analyse the way in which Japanese fantasy tackles issues of modernity, gender and cultural difference in a variety of genres and media, including the novel and short story, manga, anime and film, from the Meiji period to the present.
Assessments
2x500wd in-class quizzes (2x8%), 1x1500wd presentation (25%), 1x1500wd essay (25%), 1x2000wd research project (34%)
Classes
2x1-hr seminars/week
Prerequisites
JPNS1123 or JPNS1125 or JPNS2223 or JPNS2622
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2 This class runs from Week 11 to Week 12
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