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Japan and Korea: Cultures in Conflict - JAPN6705
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Languages and Linguistics
 
 
Course Outline: School of Languages and Linguistics Course Outlines
 
 
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
 
 
Excluded: KORE5001
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description



This is a hybrid course. It is available to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. The course content, delivery and assessment will be identical for both groups of students.

Examines in comparative perspective cultural changes in Korea and Japan in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. Focus given to how Japan's response to these changes was interpreted by Koreans and how they in turn attempted to respond to the actions of the Japanese. Special attention given to the relationship between the purposes of Japanese cultural reform in Korea and Korean 'cultural nationalism' in its mature form.

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