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 * Japanese Literature Project for Language Learners by Kazue Masuyama is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. ||

Welcome to the Japanese Literature Reading Project for Sacramento State students!

This site introduces "The Japanese Literature Project for Language Learners" in Fall 2013. The following project is conducted throughout the semester. The reading of Manga Botchan in class serves as an Entry Event as well as guided practices for successful group/individual reading of a literature (of your choice). This project is mainly conducted outside of the class time. The schedule overview (next page) will overview how these two learning activities will be managed.

All materials (worksheet, etc.) will be uploaded to SacCT. Please check the Reading Project Folder.

Scenario
In an upper-division Japanese literature course (JAPN110), students (intermediate proficiency) will work of group of three, choose a literature from the 10th century to the present in Japanese texts, and read and discuss the text throughout the semester. Each group is expected to meet Japanese instructor and tutors at least three times. In the first meeting, each group first report the information on the literature (e.g., author, year, scope of publication, etc.) and justify their choice by stating the significance of the literature piece. In the second meeting, each group first describes main characters (and their relationship) and the setting of the story, narrates a storyline (up-to-completed portion) and states their interpretations on specific story event. The group reports what has worked and what needs to be improved. At the last meeting, the group (analyze, synthesize, and) expresses appreciation of some fundamental concepts of classical and literary principles, ideas, values, aesthetic beauty, and symbolism. After conducting poster sessions, students reflect their peer works as well as their own. Based on the feedback, each group publishes their constructive review to a reputable and popular site for the Japanese audience as well as English-speaking audience. (Optional: each group will post his or her literature review to a class blog in both Japanese and English and ask prospective students and community to vote for the best review.)

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