JPN405 Seminar in Asian Studies: Tokyo,
Shanghai, Paris
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TTh TR 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm |
Professor Douglas Slaymaker |
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Dickey Hall Dickey Hall-Rm.135 |
977 Patterson Office Tower |
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Office Hour: T 3-3:50, Wed 1-1:50 and by appointment |
Office Phone: 257-7557 e-mail: DSLAYM dot F09 (at) spamex dot com (include name and course with e-mail) |
Homepage:
http://www.as.uky.edu/Japan/
Class Schedule
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Class
Schedule Jump to October, November,
December
(Please
note: the on-line version of the schedule is the authoritative one.
Please check it regularly for updates. There WILL be changes to this
schedule, mostly additions.)
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Week 1 8/27/09 Thursday |
Syllabus, course mechanics, theoretical and historical placements |
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WEEK 2 9/1/09 Tuesday |
READ: Pico Iyer selection from The Global Soul |
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9/3/09 Thursday |
READ: selections from Gottdiener, ed., Key Concepts in Urban Studies Urry, "Sensing the City" |
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WEEK 3 9/8/09 Tuesday |
READ: Sata Ineko, "Elegy" Gottdiener, Urry
(Note: the De Certeau reading has been removed; no need to prepare it) |
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9/10/09
Thursday |
READ: Massey, ÒGlobal Sense of Place" --discussion led by Adams and Bruno Massey questions Hayashi Fumiko, "The Old Part of Town" --discussion led by Cardwell and Crisp Hayashi Fumiko questions |
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WEEK 4 9/15/09 Tuesday |
READ: Soseki Sanshiro (novel) --discussion led by Bewley and Davis |
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9/17/09 Thursday |
READ: Simmel, "The Metropolis and Mental Life" --discussion led by Bewley and Eiche Simmel Questions Soseki Sanshiro
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WEEK 5 9/22/09 Tuesday |
Paper #1 due: apply Georg Simmel to Sanshiro |
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9/24/09 Thursday |
READ: McLain and Ugawa, "Visions of the City" --discussion led by Sierp and Garrison McLain and Ugawa questions |
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WEEK 6 9/29/09 Tuesday |
READ: From
Nagai Kafū, selections from American Stories ("Long Hair", "Spring and Autumn," "Rude Awakening," "Ladies of the Night," "Fallen Leaves," "Chronicle of Chinatown," "Night Stroll," "A June Night's Dream,") --discussion led by Cardwell and Newman Kafu questions Baudelaire, Poems --discussion led by McLeod and Townzen Baudelaire questions |
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Thursday |
READ: from Jinnai, selections from Tokyo --discussion led by Schildt and Walters Jinnai Questions |
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WEEK 7 10/6/09 Tuesday
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READ: Maeda Ai, "The Panorama of Enlightenment" Maeda Questions --discussion led by Jerrow and Pickle Maeda II Questions
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10/8/09 Thursday
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Read: Wassertrom, "Introduction" from Global Shanghai --discussion led by Boissonneault and Bruno Questions for Wasserstrom Selections from Han, The Sing-Song Girls from Shanghai Han questions |
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WEEK 8 10/13/09
Tuesday
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READ: Zhang, "The City in Modern Chinese Cultural History" --discussion led by Adams and Davis Questions for Zhang |
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10/15/09 Thursday |
READ: selections from Mao Dun Midnight --discussion led by Eiche and Sierp Questions for Mao |
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WEEK 9 10/20/09 Tuesday
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READ: Chang Ailang Lust, Caution (novel), --discussion led by Garrison and Green Questions for Chang, "Lust" --discussion led by Newman and McLeod Questions for Chang, "Red" |
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10/22/09 Thursday |
VIEW: Lust, Caution (dir. Lee)
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WEEK 10 10/27/09 Tuesday |
READ: Epstein, The Painter from Shanghai --discussion led by Townsend and Schildt Questions for Epstein |
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10/29/09 Thursday |
READ: Epstein |
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11/3/09 Tuesday |
VIEW: In the Mood For Love (dir. Wong)
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11/5/09 Thursday |
READ: Hayashi, "Rotabo's Alley", --discussion led by Walters and Hughes Questions for Hayashi "Rotabo" --discussion led by Hughes and Jerrow Questions for Whangpoo |
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WEEK12 11/10/09 Tuesday |
READ: Endo, Foreign Studies --discussion led by Pickles and Boissonneault Questions for Endoh |
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11/12/09 Thursday |
READ: Endo, Foreign Studies Watanabe, "Dissolution of Mythology" |
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WEEK 13 11/17/09 Tuesday |
READ: Malraux, Man's Fate |
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11/19/09 Thursday |
READ: Malraux, Man's Fate Eagleton, "The Writer and Commitment" |
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WEEK 14 11/24/09 Tuesday |
No class Paper #2 due: 4PM 977 POT |
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11/26/09 Thursday |
Thanksgiving break |
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12/1/09 Tuesday |
Read: Wei Hui, selection from Shanghai Baby |
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12/3/09 Thursday |
Read: Murakami Haruki, "Tony Takitani" |
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WEEK 16 12/8/09 Tuesday |
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12/10/09 Thursday |
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Final Paper Due: Wednesday December 16 at 1:00 PM, in hard copy, 977 Patterson
This course will examine three of the worldÕs greatest cities. These
cities share a rich history of mutual influence and imagination, with artists
from each area creating work that represents the other. We will examine how
city life and urbanity has been discussed, in general, and then how it has been
imagined in the Japanese, Chinese, and French traditions. We will also explore
the experience of the city-space in three different cultural contexts and
across three different historical moments (1920s and 1930s, 1950s and 1960s,
1980s-present). This will allow us to think of the particularities of each city
while also providing a context to draw linkages provided in cross-cultural
flows. Much of this exploration will rely on print (i.e. fiction) but we will also
draw from visual representations (i.e. art and film).
Course goals:
Concerning the cities themselves and the traditions represented in
each:
¥ We will end this inquiry with a fuller understanding of how the city
and urban space has been imagined and imaged in the three traditions.
¥ We will end this inquiry with a fuller understanding of the range of
images that have been associated with these three cities. This is important to
more fully understand the cultural histories of these three places (i.e. Japan,
China, France). This style of inquiry allows for cross-cultural and
inter-disciplinary thinking.
Concerning the intellectual and pedagogic goals of the class:
¥ We will exercise the processing of difficult and demanding texts
¥ Think through other traditions
¥ Articulate positions and arguments in well-formed essay style.
The course grade will be determined as follows:
classroom attendance and participation: 60%
papers: 40%
Students are expected to come to class having completed the readings
and viewings, and be prepared to discuss them in depth. Each class is organized
on the assumption that you have made notes about the readings. In many cases,
you will be asked to summarize the main point of an article, a section, or a
paragraph; you are to attend class able to provide this information. You will
find much of this reading to be challenging. The fiction was written in
different times for different audiences and, in most cases, in different
languages. Students will be required to lead the discussion of one article or
story.
Students will be assigned an article, and will work in pairs. Students
are required to devise reading questions (4-6 questions) that will be
distributed to the class ONE WEEK prior to the due date. Groups are not
expected to summarize the article for the class; they are expected to lead a
discussion that results in a summary of the relevant and important points of
the reading. The discussion is designed to fill 20-30 minutes. Your discussion
should help lead the class to elaborate the main ideas of each text,
extrapolate its importance, and tie it to other works read and discussed.
Natsume Soseki
Sanshiro
Malraux, Andre, Man's
Fate
Chang, Eileen, Lust,
Caution
Epstein, Jennifer, The
Painter from Shanghai
Nagai, Kafu, American
Stories
Endo Shussaku, Foreign
Studies
Readings:
Books are available on Reserve
You will need to print these (in some cases, download them first), read
them, and bring them to class. For technical assistance, contact the
library.
Films:
Films listed in the syllabus are required texts. You are
responsible to view them, and to do so with the care accorded to a written
text. We will be discussing them in class.
This course will require three papers, two short (2-3 pages) and one
longer (5-6 pages). Papers are to be double spaced, with margins of no
more than one-inch on all sides, with consecutive page numbers, 12-point font,
and Times Roman (or a similar size) fonts. Click here for more paper help; you
will be linked to Professor Tannenbaum's very complete page. The UK Writing Center is
another recommended resource. If citing sources, use a proper bibliographic
format, such as the MLA style sheet; click here
for more on this.
All work must be the original product of your efforts, and all
materials quoted from others must be properly credited. You should refer to the
Students Rights and Responsibilities code (especially section 6.3.0) for a
discussion of the University's policies regarding academic integrity.
Please note, the minimum punishment for cheating or plagiarism is an
"E" for the course.
Paper 1 and 2: 2-3
pages in length. These papers focus on novels read for class. In the first
instance, the novel is Sanshiro;
in the second, you are to write about Man's
Fate. In each case you are to write in dialoge with an accompanying
essay. The essay is to provide an idea that you will develop in relation to the
novel.
Paper 3: 5-6 pages in length.
In this paper you will take one of the ideas that we developed in class and
apply it to two or more of the fictional representations from
class.
I am always available to discuss paper ideas and to read rough drafts.
I encourage you to discuss them with me. You can submit any paper
early.
Classroom Policies
Tardiness is distracting to everyone, so be on time for class.
Leaving early is similarly not acceptable. Turn off your phone for class.
Texting is likewise unacceptable. Laptop use is reserved for note-taking. See
me if you have problems with any of these policies.
If you need special accommodation due to medical conditions, please see
me early in the semester.
Excused absences will be granted only for the reasons listed in the
Student Rights and Responsibilities code (section 5.2.4.2). The code can be
found on-line at: http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/Code/part2.htm.
For excused absences, you will be given an opportunity to earn participation
credit for the missed class(es). It is your responsibility to contact me
to take advantage of this provision.
Academic learning and participation in a civil society necessitates a
respect for the dignity of all and to value differences among members of our
communities. Discussion and debate, and even unpopular opinions, are
significant parts of academic discovery. Thus, disagreements would not
include attacks of a personal nature or statements denigrating another on the
basis of race, sex, religion, sexual orientation, age, national/regional origin
or other such irrelevant factors. Maintaining enrollment in this course
signifies your willingness to respect all members of our classroom.
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