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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?