JAP2507 – Modern Japanese Literature and Popular Culture

In this course you will: 

• gain an understanding of the evolution of modern Japanese literature, film and/or popular culture from the prewar period to the present. 
• learn how to analyze literary and visual texts and situate them in their historical, cultural and social context. 
• learn to reflect on literature, film and/or popular culture in a critical and comparative way. 
• learn to use critically academic sources, digital and analogue. 
• develop academic writing and discussion skills. 
• learn to receive and offer constructive criticism and feedback in written and oral form 

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

Teaching is given in the form of lectures and seminars (one double lesson a week over 12 weeks). 

Compulsory activities 

• Compulsory attendance: You are required to attend 80% of the seminar teaching. In this course, you must attend 10 out of 12 seminars.
• Submission of an outline of the final paper with a related list of sources 

All compulsory activities must be approved in order for you to sit for the exam. 

Absence from compulsory activities:

• Here you will find information about compulsory activities at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

It is important that you familiarize yourself with the rules regarding absence from compulsory activities, to prevent being excluded from teaching and losing your eligibility to take the exam.

More information on compulsory activities at the University of Oslo:

• Common guidelines relating to compulsory activities - University of Oslo (uio.no)

Subjects taught in English will only offer the exam paper in English.

You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

A term paper or equivalent that is passed may not be resubmitted in revised form.

If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline, this will be counted as an examination attempt.