Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / JPN109 - JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Code: JPN109 Course Title: JAPANESE TEXT READING I Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer GONCA VAROĞLU (goncavaroglu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Japanese
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to gain basic reading skills and to describe Japanese literature with basic informations and historical outlines.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Will be able to understand histroy of Japanese Literature. PO-1 Have knowledge about Japanese grammar, Japanese culture, Japanese literature, Japanese language structure and education and be skilful at these items.
PO-26 Have information about the process and development of Japanese Language and Literature that have been through the beginning of the day.
Examination
LO-2 Will know about well known Japanese writers. PO-10 Research on Japanese Language, Literature, Culture and History.
PO-27 Gain an enhanced sensitivity and predisposition in the fields of language, culture and literature.
LO-3 Will be able to consider main works of Japanese literature. PO-18 Acquire a universal consciousness by learning to look objectively to their own nation by using the information in the field of Japanese Language Literature and Culture.
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Basic informations about reading Japanese text and learning basic information on reading literary texts.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Reading Text 1 "Okuni wa..." Lecturing, reading and discussion
2 Reading Text 1"Jyusu wo onegai..." Lecturing, reading and discussion
3 Reading Text 2 "Kobe made..." Lecturing, reading and discussion
4 Reading Text 2 "Kobe made..." Lecturing, reading and discussion
5 Reading Text 3 "itsu..." Lecturing, reading and discussion
6 Reading Text 3 "itsu..." Lecturing, reading and discussion
7 Reading Text 4 "nanjino hikoki..." Lecturing, reading and discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Reading Text 4 "nanjino hikoki..." Lecturing, reading and discussion
10 Reading Text 5 "ohanami..." Lecturing, reading and discussion
11 Reading Text 5 "ohanami..." Lecturing, reading and discussion
12 Reading Text 6 "moraimashita..." Lecturing, reading and discussion
13 Reading Text 6 "Jyusu onegai..." Lecturing, reading and discussion
14 Reading Text 7 "machi ni seikatsu..." Lecturing, reading and discussion
15 Reading Text 7 "machi ni seikatsu..." Lecturing, reading and discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Kato, Şuiçi. 2009. Japon Edebiyatı Tarihi. (Trans. Baykara, Oğuz). İstanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi.
2 Baykara, Oğuz. 2009. Modern Japon Edebiyatının Doğuşu ve Shiga Naoya. İstanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi.
3 Baykara, Oğuz. 2010. Rashōmon ve Diğer Öyküler. İstanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi.
4 Barthes, Roland. 2013. Göstergeler İmparatorluğu. (Trans. Tahsin Yücel.). İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları
5 Soseki, Natsume. 2003. Küçük Bey. (Trans. Hüseyin Özkaya, Mariko Erdoğan.). İstanbul: Oğlak Yay.
6 Eagleton, Terry. 2011. Edebiyat kuramı: Giriş. (Trans. Tuncay Birkan). İstanbul: Ayrıntı
7 Akerson Erkman, Fatma. 2012. Edebiyat ve Kuramlar. İstanbul: İthaki Yayınları.
Required Course instruments and materials
PC, books, projector, CDs,DVDs, videos

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 6 12
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 10 20
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 90