Course Description
The major/minor novelists and their works, especially those of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The novels are in English translation.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Additional reading and written work.
Athena Title
EAST ASIAN NOVEL
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
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
Syllabus