Postgraduate Course: East Asian Cultural Relations (ASST11087)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Asian Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | China and Japan and in general the East Asian regions maintained close relations over many centuries impacting on foundational formations of language, script, philosophy, religion and literature. Long before international treaties and law applied the tributary system provided for continuous cultural exchanges. This course will provide understanding of these historical cultural links, while focussing on the intricacies of these relations involved in the tremendous transformations of both countries starting from the late 19th century. With both countries facing the challenge of responding to the Western expansion, the different solutions found were often based on intra-regional cultural exchanges and intellectual negotiations about the integration of East Asia into a cultural ¿family of nations¿ within the new hierarchical world order, rather than often quoted and direct ¿response to the West¿. While on the international arena since then, milestones of Sino-Japanese relations are mainly marked by wars and political conflicts, the continuous flow of cultural exchanges based on shared traditions as well as the increasingly entangled economies in contemporary East Asia had a significant influence on the nature of East Asian international relations. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
¿ Solid understanding about the history of interregional relations in East Asia and its impact on the foundational cultural traditions
¿ Critical perspective of commonalities and differences of China/Japan¿s ¿response to the West¿
¿ Critical knowledge of the impact of flows of cultural products in the region
¿ Knowledge of key actors and main cultural movements influenced by mutual engagement
¿ Overview of key issues which shaped and continue to impact on cultural interactions between China and Japan
¿ Critical assessment of sources, literary/cultural representations and autobiographical accounts of intercultural encounters
¿ Skills in oral presentation and academic writing
¿ Understanding of Sino-Japanese foreign policy in relation to history of cultural exchanges
¿ Skills in oral presentation and academic writing |
Assessment Information
| One 4000 word essay (100%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Introduction: History of First Encounters
Foundations of Communication: Language and Script
Scholarly Exchanges in Late Qing China and Meiji Japan
International Travel of New Terms for New Ideas
Glocal Literary Movements (the Political Novel, Drama Reform Movements)
Student Migration and Radicalism
The Sino-Japanese War and Fragmentation of the Literary Field
Cultural Flows, Consumption and the Idea of East Asia
Manga, Pop culture and ¿soft power¿
New Media and the Formation of an East Asian Cultural Identity
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
¿ Joshua A. Fogel, ed. Late Qing China and Meiji Japan, Political and Cultural Aspects, Norwalk: Eastbridge, 2003.
¿ Akira Iriye (ed.), The Chinese and the Japanese. Essays in Political and Cultural Interaction, Princeton: Princeton Univ. Pr., 1980.
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Weekly 2 hour seminars including short student presentations |
| Keywords | EACR |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Natascha Gentz
Tel: (0131 6)50 4229
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Harvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
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