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Unit content:General I.a. Intersubjective Perspectives: Nations and Narratives Overview I.b. Nations, Narratives and History I.c. Cross-cultural Encounters: Historical Narration Part 2: Indigenous Narrative Forms: Orality, Writing, Traditions & the Political Theme 1 Orality, Writing and ‘Traditions’ Theme 2 Orality and the Construction of National and Political Narratives Part 3: Narrative Trajectories: Building the Nation-State in Asia (rise of the novel) Theme 1 Language Reform, Modernity, Power and National Identities Theme 2 Civil Society, the Individual and the Novel Part 4: Turning Points: National Crises, Revolutions, Individual Lives Theme 1 Charting Changes and Upheavals: (Re)Imagining National Heroes Theme 2 Charting Violence: Japanese Post-war Literature Part 5: Identity and Difference: Narrative Transformation of Sex & Gender Theme 1 Politics, Sexuality, Gender and Society: Identities & Representations Theme 2 Post-Modern Reconstructions and National Counter-Discourses: Final Thoughts: Narrativising the Nation: Why does it matter?