The University of New South Wales

go to UNSW home page

Handbook Home

PRINT THIS PAGE
Japan and Korea: Cultures in Conflict - ARTS3640
 Students studying

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit; Excluded: KORE5001
 
 
Equivalent: JAPN2510, JAPN6705
 
 
Excluded: KORE5001
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 1 (more info)
 
   
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

Subject Area: Japanese Studies
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Korean Studies & Asian Studies

Focuses on the relations between Japan and Korea from the late 19th century and the role of Japanese colonialism in the development of Korean cultural nationalism. Examines the context of Japan’s “opening” of Korea in 1876, including the intellectual frameworks by which Korean and Japanese thinkers defined cultural unity; debates among Korea’s cultural conservatives and those who advocated taking Japan as a model for social and cultural change; Japanese readings of Korean culture’s “defects” and early support for Korean self-strengthening movements; the relationship between Japanese colonial policies and Koreans’ responses after annexation in 1910; the interrelationship between the Japanese policy of “cultural rule” and the Korean response of “cultural [nationalist] movements” after 1919; and the development of Korean cultural nationalism through the colonial period (1910-1945). Concludes with a critical examination of the continuing impact of Japanese colonialism on the construction of cultural memory in contemporary Korea.

URL for this page:

© The University of New South Wales (CRICOS Provider No.: 00098G), 2004-2011. The information contained in this Handbook is indicative only. While every effort is made to keep this information up-to-date, the University reserves the right to discontinue or vary arrangements, programs and courses at any time without notice and at its discretion. While the University will try to avoid or minimise any inconvenience, changes may also be made to programs, courses and staff after enrolment. The University may also set limits on the number of students in a course.