Syllabus

ENGL 325/ASIA 325
EAST ASIAN LITERATURE SURVEY Spring 2015

TEXTS:

Fulton, Bruce, and Kwon Youngmin, eds., Modern Korean Fiction: An Anthology. New York: Columbia U. P., 2005.
Lau, Joseph S. M. and Howard Goldblatt, eds. The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature 2nd. ed. New York: Columbia U. P., 2007.
Rimer, J. Thomas. and Van C. Gessel, eds. The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature vol. 2. New York: Columbia U. P., 2007.

UNIVERSITY MISSION STATEMENT:

Lee University is a Christian institution which offers liberal arts and professional education on both the baccalaureate and graduate levels through residential and distance programs. It seeks to provide education that integrates biblical truth as revealed in the Holy Scriptures with truth discovered through the study of arts and sciences and in the practice of various professions. A personal commitment to Jesus Christ as Savior is the controlling perspective from which the educational enterprise is carried out. The foundational purpose of all educational programs is to develop within the students knowledge, appreciation, understanding, ability and skills which will prepare them for responsible Christian living in a complex world.

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: A survey of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese literature, using English translations of representative works.

Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Credit Hours 3

Computer-Assisted Instruction (Y/N): No; Additional Fees: None

I. PURPOSE:
This course is intended to equip students with a basic knowledge and appreciation of East Asian cultures through the study of various literary texts from China, Korea, and Japan.

II. OBJECTIVES OF COURSE
A. General Learning Objectives
This course seeks to
1. Introduce students to a broad survey of literature in English translation from China, Korea, and Japan
2. Enable students to view selected texts from China, Korea, and Japan in relation to life views and typical lifestyles of the cultures that produced them
3. Improve students? critical thinking in order to analyze, interpret, and evaluate literature in written and oral formats
4. Challenge students to relate literature to modern culture and to their own life views and lifestyles, with the assumption of a Christian philosophy as controlling
5. Provide opportunities for students to develop effective speaking and listening skills
6. Acquaint students with the relationship between print literature and film in selected works.
B. Specific Behavioral Objectives
As a result of the activities and study in this course, the student should be able to
1. Recognize the distinctive nature of East Asian literatures in English translation
2. Relate selected literary works from China, Korea, and Japan to philosophies, religions, art and music, politics, and typical lifestyles of their culture
3. Analyze, interpret, and evaluate selected literary works from China, Korea, and Japan in informal and/or formal writing assignments and use the same critical thinking skills to discuss the literature intelligently with their peers in the classroom setting
4. Apply to modern culture and to their own lives insights of universal value, especially from a Christian world and life view, derived from the study of literature in the course
5. Express insights gained in the course through in-class discussions and oral exercises
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between print literature and film through class discussion and/or informal writing assignments.

III. TOPICS TO BE COVERED
A. Selected literary works from China
B. Selected literary works from Korea
C. Selected literary works from Japan
D. Cultural and literary history closely associated with selected literary texts

IV. INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
A. Lecture
B. Oral discussion?with various formats
C. Formal and/or informal writing assignments
D. Audio-visual presentations
E. Non-traditional techniques such as panel discussions, group projects, etc.

V. RESPONSIBILITIES OF STUDENTS
A. Required attendance
B. Assigned readings
C. Critical thinking as demonstrated by analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of written, oral, and visual media
D. Oral participation
E. Informal and formal writing assignments
F. Reading quizzes
G. Preparation for examinations
H. Coming to class prepared for the day?s activities

VI. EVALUATION
A. Evaluation Activities
1. Journal entries, quizzes, and other in-class activities 20%
2. Unit tests 40%
3. Documented paper 20%
4. Final examination 20%
B. Grading Scale
A=90-100, B+=88-89, B=83-87, B-=80-82, C+=78-79, C=73-77, C-=70-72, D=60-69, F=Below 60

VII. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:
Lee University is committed to the provision of reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities as defined in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Students who think they may qualify for these accommodations should notify their instructor immediately. Special services are provided through the Academic Support Program.

VIII. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
As a Christian community of scholarship, we at Lee University are committed to the principles of truth and honesty in the academic endeavor. As faculty and students in this Christian community, we are called to present our academic work as an honest reflection of our abilities; we do not need to defraud members of the community by presenting others? work as our own. Therefore, academic dishonesty is handled with serious consequences for two fundamental reasons: it is stealing  taking something that is not ours; it is also lying  pretending to be something it is not. In a Christian community, such pretense is not only unnecessary, it is also harmful to the individual and community as a whole. Cheating should have no place at a campus where Christ is King because God desires us to be truthful with each other concerning our academic abilities. Only with a truthful presentation of our knowledge can there be an honest evaluation of our abilities. To such integrity, we as a Christian academic community are called.

IX. READING LIST:
Books
Abrahams, Doug. Doug: Man & Missionary. OMF Books, 1983.
Abrahams, Olga. Seiko and the Spider’s Thread. OMF Books, 1973.
Benedict, Ruth. The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1946.
Brzostowski, Edward. Inside Japan: A Missionary’s Experience (1984)
Buck, Pearl S. The Good Earth. New York: John Day, 1965.
—. The Living Reed. New York: John Day, 1963.
Buzo, Adrian. The Making of Modern Korea. :Routledge, 2007.
Chan, Ts’ao Dream of the Red Chamber. New York: Twayne, 1958.
Cho Se-hui. The Dwarf trans. by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton, 2006
Copeland, Rebecca, ed. Woman Critiqued: Translated Essays on Japanese Women’s Writing
Cortazzi, Hugh, ed. Japan Experiences: Fifty Years, One Hundred Views?Post-war Japan Through British Eyes. New York and London: Routledge, 2001.
Miura, Ayako. Shiokari Pass. Old Tappan, NJ: F. H. Revell, 1976.
—. The Wind Is Howling. Old Tappan, NJ: F. H. Revell, 1976.
Endo, Shusaku. The Samurai. New York: New Directions, 1997.
—. Scandal. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1988.
—. Silence. Marlboro, NJ: Taplinger, 1969.
Francis, Mabel. One Shall Chase a Thousand (1993)
Gabriel, Philip. Spirit Matters: The Transcendant in Modern Japanese Literature. Honolulu: U. of Hawai’i P., 2006.
Gao Xingjian. Soul Mountain. New York: Harper Collins, 2001.
Hahn Moo-Sook. And So Flows History trans. by Young-Key Kim-Renaud. Honolulu: U. of Hawai?I P., 2005.
He Jingzhi (Ho Ching-chih)and Ding Yi(Ting I). The White-Haired Girl. <http://mclc.osu.edu/rc/pubs/moran2.htm#fnb1>.
Hwang Sun-won. The Book of Masks. London: Readers International, 1989.
—. Cranes (short stories)
—. The Descendants of Cain. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1997.
—. The Moving Castle. Seoul: Si-sa-yong-o-sa, 1985.
—. Shadows of a Sound. Canada: Hushion, 1989.
—. Sunlight, Moonlight. Seoul: Si-sa-yong-o-sa, 1990.
—. Trees on a Slope. Honolulu: U. of Hawai?I P., 2005.
Kim, Chong-un, and Bruce Fulton, eds. A Ready-Made Life: Early Masters of Modern Korean Fiction. ed. trans. by Kim Chong-un and Bruce Fulton August 1998
Kim, Esther Ahn. If I Perish. Chicago: Moody, 2001.
Kurosaki, Kokichi. Let’s Return to Christian Unity (1986)
Lewis, David C. The Unseen Face Of Japan (1993)
Lao She (Shu Qingchun). Rickshaw: the Novel of Lo-t’o Hsiang-Tzu.
Lau, Joseph S. M., and Howard Goldblatt The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature.
Lee, Peter H., ed. Anthology of Korean Literature: From Early Times to the Nineteenth Century June 1990
—. Modern Korean Literature: An Anthology 1981
Lewis, David C. The Unseen Face Of Japan (1993)
Lim, Chul-Woo. The Dog Thief: Short Stories by Chul-Woo Lim. trans. by Kim, Myung-Hee. May 2005
Lin Yu-tang. Moment in Peking. Portland, OR.: Intl Specialized Book Service, 1980.
—. A Leaf in the Storm
—. Chinatown Family
Liu E (Liu Tieyun). The Travels of Lao Ts’an.
Lu, Sheldon H. Chinese Modernity and Global Biopolitics: Studies in Literature and Visual Culture June 2007
Lu Xun (Lu Hsn, Zhou Shuren). Selected Short Stories of Lu Xun.
Miller, Barbara Stoler. Masterworks of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective: A Guide for Teaching.
Oda, Patsy. Heart’s Desire. (1987)
Ogawa, Joshua K. Unlimited Purpose. (1986)
Reischauer, Edwin O. and John K. Fairbank. Japanese Today: Change and Continuity. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960.
Reischauer, Edwin O. Japan, Past and Present. New York: Knopf, 1964.
—. Japan: The Story of A Nation.
Rimer, J. Thomas, and Van C. Gessel, eds. The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature from 1945 to the Present
Shi Nai’an. All Men Are Brothers / Shui Hu Chuan
Snow, Edgar. Red Star over China. New York: Bantam, 1968.
Sun-Childers, Jaia, and Douglas Childers. The White-Haired Girl: Bittersweet Adventures of a Little Red Soldier. New York: St. Martin’s, 1996.
Tahara, Yoneko. Daughter Of Happiness. Chicago: Moody, 1976.
Wang Shuo, Playing for Thrills.
Wang Wenxing, Family Catastrophe.
Yang Kwija. A Distant and Beautiful Place. trans. by So-young Kim; Julie Pickering October 2002
Yohannan, John D. Treasury of Asian Literature.
Zhang Ailing (Eileen Chang). Rice-Sprout Song.
Zhang Xinxin. The Dreams of Our Generation.

Film
Tae Guk Gi – The Brotherhood of War. 2004.
Novuru Nakamuru. Shiokari Toge – Shiokari Pass. 1977.
Scott, Ridley. Kuroi Ame – Black Rain. 1989.
Takahata, Isao. Omoihide Poro Poro ? Only Yesterday. 1991.
Wang, Bin, and Hua, Shui. The White-Haired Girl. 1950.

Journals
Asia Major
Asian Folklore Studies
Asian Studies Review
Asian Theatre Journal
The China Quarterly
China Review International
Chinese Literature
Clio
Eastern Buddhist
Electronic Journal of Contemporary Studies
Harvard Asia Pacific Review
Japan Forum
Japanese Studies
Journal of Asian Studies
Journal of Buddhist Studies
The Journal of Japanese Studies
Journal for Korean Studies
Korea Journal
Korean Literature Today
Modern Asian Studies
Modern Chinese Literature and Culture
Monumenta Nipponica
Persimmon: Asian Literature, Arts, and Culture
Renditions
The Review for Korean Studies
Sino-Japanese Studies
Waseda Journal of Asian Studies
The Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies
Wittenberg East Asian Studies Journal

Articles
Gabrakova, Dennitza. “?Subterranean Fires? and the ?Weeds? of Asian Modernity in Lu Xun, Yosano Akiko, and Oba Minako.? International Fiction Review 34 (2007).
Heissig, Walther. ?Tracing Some Mongol Oral Motifs in a Chinese Prosimetric Ming Novel of 1478.? Asian Folklore Studies 53 (1994).
Hughes, Henry J. ?Familiarity of the Strange: Japan’s Gothic Tradition.? Criticism 42 (2000).
Kim, Kichung. ?Unheard Voices: The Life of the Nobi in O Hwi-mun?s Swaemirok.? Korean Studies 27.1 (Jan. 2003): 108-137.
Kim, Yung-Hee. ?Creating New Paradigms of Womanhood in Modern Korean Literature: Na Hye-Sok’s ?Kyonghui?.” Korean Studies 27 (2003).
Ko, Won. ?Kim Chi-Ha: Poet of Blood and Fire.? Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars 9 (1977).
Mcbride, Richard D. II. ?The Vision-Quest Motif in Narrative Literature on the Buddhist Traditions of Silla.? Korean Studies (27) 2003.
Mccaffery, Larry, and Sinda Gregory. ?A (Very) Selective Bibliography of Modern and Postmodern Japanese Fiction and Culture.? The Review of Contemporary Fiction 22 (2002).
Miyoshi, Masao. ?Turn to the Planet: Literature, Diversity, and Totality.? Comparative Literature 53.4 (Fall 2001): 283-298.
Okabe, Roichi. ?The Impact of Western Elocutionary Rhetoric on the East: The Case of Japan.? Rhetorica 23.2 (Spring 2005): 153-165.
Pettid, Michael J. ?A History of Korean Literature.? Korean Studies 27 (2003).
Tomonari, Noboru. ?Configuring Bodies: Self-identity in the Works of Kaneshiro Kazuki and Yan Sogiru.? Japanese Studies 25.3 (Dec. 2005): 257-269.
Wu, Fatima. ?From a Dead End to a New Road of Life: Xiao Sa’s Abandoned Women.? World Literature Today 65 (1991).
Yosano, Akiko, and Minako Oba. “Subterranean Fires and the ‘Weeds’ of Asian Modernity in Lu Xun.” International Fiction Review 34 (2007).