| Course ID: | CMLT 4620/6620. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | East Asian Novel |
Course
Description: | The major/minor novelists and their works, especially those of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The novels are in English translation. |
| Oasis Title: | EAST ASIAN NOVEL |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | The course objectives are to introduce students to major East Asian novels of the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries; to study the social, historical, political and
cultural contexts within which they were created; to enhance students' critical
skills through the exegesis of individual literary texts; and to improve students'
communication skills through oral presentations and expository writing assignments.
Students' performance will be assessed through presentations, papers, tests, and a
final examination. |
| Topical Outline: | The course is organized around readings of major East Asian novels of the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries, with the specific works studied varying with the
individual instructor. The following is a sample syllabus of readings for a single
semester:
Kang Sok-kyong, Kim Chi-won and O Chong-hui. Words of Farewell: Stories by Korean
Women
Yasunari Kawabata. Snow Country
Yukio Mishima. Confessions of a Mask
Haruki Murakami. A Wild Sheep Chase
Kenzaburo Oe. A Personal Matter
Soseki. Kokoro
Xingjian Gao. Soul Mountain
Yu. Thunderstorm |
| Honor Code Reference: | Students are required to abide by the University of Georgia academic honesty policy. |