2123048 - Japanska knjizevnost 4

Course specification
Course title
Acronym		2123048
Study programme
Module
Type of study
Lecturer (for classes)		prof. dr Dalibor Kličković
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		3.0	Status
Condition		The course may be attended upon completion of Japanese Literature 3. The examination may be taken once Japanese Literature 3 has been passed.	Oblik uslovljenosti
The goal		In the course Japanese Literature 4, students are introduced to a selection of authors and literary works representative of modern and contemporary Japanese literature. The syllabus covers the period from the emergence of modern literature in Japan in the second half of the nineteenth century through the first decades of the postwar period. Students will gain insight into the beginnings of modern Japanese language formation and the emergence of the modern novel by studying the literary aesthetics of the most significant writers. Particular attention will be devoted to several postwar authors, enabling students to develop a well-informed understanding of the role of Japanese writers within their own cultural context, as well as the ways in which their works have been received and exerted influence beyond Japan’s borders.
The outcome		Upon completion of the course, students will develop a deeper understanding of the major trends in modern and contemporary Japanese literary production. They will also become familiar with contemporary critical theories essential for the analytical study and informed presentation of modern Japanese prose within a contemporary context.
Contents
Contents of lectures		The theoretical component of the course covers the major literary movements and concepts of modern Japanese literature, including naturalism and the literary groups that emerged in reaction to it. Particular attention will be devoted to the works of leading writers such as Natsume Sōseki and Akutagawa Ryūnosuke. The study of Japanese modernist writers, including Kawabata Yasunari and Yokomitsu Riichi, will lead to an examination of postwar literary icons such as Dazai Osamu and Sakaguchi Ango, who represent a transitional generation between modernism and later writers of an existentialist orientation, such as Abe Kōbō and Ōe Kenzaburō, whose work played a significant role in bringing Japanese literature to international prominence.
Contents of exercises
Literature
Karatani, K. (1993) Origins of Modern Japanese Literature, Duke University Press Books. (Original title) Keene, D. (1984) Dawn to the West: Japanese literature of the modern era, Columbia University Press, (Original title) Kato, Sh. (1983) A History of Japanese Literature: The Modern Years, Kodansha International. (Original title) Klickovic, D. (2014). Zen Buddhism and Japanese Modernity. Belgrade: Albatros Plus.
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2
Methods of teaching		Teaching is delivered through interactive lectures and presentations, with discussions designed to encourage active student participation.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		15	Test paper
Practical lessons			Oral examination	70
Projects
Colloquia
Seminars		15