AST330: Contemporary Asia: Nations, Narratives, Cultures

Utilises narrative to explore knowledge, culture, identity and nation in contemporary East and South-East Asia. A range of texts 'produced' in China, Japan and South-East Asia will be read in conjunction with texts of a theoretical/critical nature within the context of six topics. Following an introductory theoretical topic the unit examines indigenous narrative forms and modernity; civil society and the 'novel'; national crisis and individual lives; sex, gender and class; narrative and the postcolonial/postmodern imagination.

Related Unit Codes:

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Lectures/seminars: 2 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Nil. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Notes	Undergraduates should enrol in the lower-level unit.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Ms Carolin Liss Position: P/T Teaching Casual E-mail: C.Liss@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus BITL Room 2.004 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 6479
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Contact the Unit Coordinator MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)