A course of 6 hours per week consisting of four lectures and one tutorial and one language laboratory period.
No previous knowledge of Japanese is necessary for this course and its main emphasis will be linguistic. Students will receive a thorough grounding in Japanese in its spoken and written form. Candidates who intend to proceed to Japanese 2 must also take East Asian Studies 1 (p. 100) since a pass in this subject is a prerequisite for Japanese 2.
Students who have attained Grade D or above at the Higher School Certificate examination in Japanese, or who have passed an approved examination of similar standard, are exempted from Japanese 1.
Similar exemption may also be given at the discretion of the head of the department to other candidates who have approved qualifications in Japanese.
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SYLLABUS
The structure of the Japanese language.
Reading and writing Japanese script (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji).
The spoken language (conversation and language laboratory).
BOOKS
Prescribed textbooks:
• Dunn C J & Yanada S Teach Yourself Japanese, EUP
• Sakade Florence ed A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese, Tuttle Additional notes and texts will be issued by the department.
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
One English-Japanese translation exercise per week. In the first week of second and third terms a 2-hour written test will be held, based on the work covered to date. The purpose of the tests is to enable both staff and students to assess the students progress. The corrected papers will be returned to the students after the test.
EXAMINATION
One 3-hour paper of translation from Japanese (unseen). One 3-hour paper of translation into Japanese (unseen) together with questions on Japanese grammar. An oral examination.
156-211 JAPANESE PART 2
A course of six hours per week consisting of four lectures and two tutorials.
The emphasis of courses in Japanese 2 will be divided between language and the study of Japanese literature. Some Classical Japanese will also be introduced at this stage.
Vacation course. A vacation course is held in the last two weeks before the beginning of first term for students proceeding to Japanese 2.
Students who have passed or are exempted from Japanese 1 are required to attend this course. Further information will be available from the department.
SYLLABUS
Prescribed texts from Modern and Classical Japanese literature.
Translation from and into Modern Japanese.
Conversation and oral practice.
Lectures on Japanese literature.
BOOKS
(a) Prescribed texts:
Miller R A A Japanese Reader, Graded Lessons in the Modern Lan- guage, Tuttle 1964
Кеепе D Anthology of Japanese Literature, Penguin (Other Japanese texts may be obtained from the department.) (b) Prescribed Dictionaries:
Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Kenkyusha Tokyo 1974
• Nelson A N The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Diction- ary, Tuttle
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East and Southeast Asian Studies (c) Recommended for reference:
Sakade Florence ed A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese, Tuttle 1965
Vaccari 0 English-Japanese Conversation-Dictionary, Vaccari's Lan- guage Institute Tokyo
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
One English-Japanese translation and one Japanese-English translation per week. In the first week of second and third terms a 2-hour written test will be held, based on the work covered to date. The purpose of the tests is to enable both staff and students to assess the students' progress.
The corrected papers will be returned to the students after the test.
EXAMINATION
One 3-hour paper on translation from and Into Japanese (unseen). One 3-hour paper on prescribed texts together with questions on Japanese literature. An oral examination.
156-311 JAPANESE PART 3
A course of six hours per week consisting of four lectures and two tu- torials.
As in Japanese 2, the emphasis of courses in Japanese 3 will continue to be divided between language and literature. Selected Modern and Classical works will be studied in the original.
SYLLABUS
Prescribed texts from Modern and Classical Japanese literature.
Translation from and into Modern Japanese.
Classical Japanese.
Advanced oral work.
BOOKS
(a) Prescribed texts:
(1) For Classical Japanese
• Teketori Monogatari, ed Iwanami Bunko Hojoki, ed Iwanami Bunko
(2) For Modern Japanese
•Akutagawa Ryunosuke Rashomon, ed Shincho Bunko
•Natsume Soseki Botchan, ed Iwanami Bunko
•Mishima Yukio Kinkakuji, ed Shincho Bunko
•Nakamura Mitsui Nihon No Kindai Shosetu, The Modern Japanese Novel ed Iwanami Shoten
(b) Prescribed dictionaries:
•Nelson A N The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Diction- ary, Tuttle
Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Kenkyusha Tokyo 1974 Sanseido's New Concise English-Japanese Dictionary, Sanseido Tokyo
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
One English-Japanese translation and one Japanese-English translation 99
per week. Students will also be asked to write two essays in Japanese on subjects of their own choice. Each essay will be approximately 1,000 words in length. In the first week of second and third terms a 2-hour written test will be held, based on the work covered to date. The pur- pose of the tests is to enable both staff and students to assess the stu- dents' progress. The corrected papers will be returned to the students after the test.
EXAMINATION
One 3-hour paper on prescribed texts. One 3-hour paper on unseen translation from modern Japanese. One 3-hour paper on translation into Japanese together with questions on Japanese literature. An oral examina- tion.
CENTRE OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES
Course Committee: Professor H. F. SIMON (East and Southeast Asian Studies)
Mr A. HOCK (Political Science)
Mr L. R. OATES (East and Southeast Asian Studies) Dr S. T. LEONG (History)
The Centre of East Asian Studies is an interdepartmental organization which offers interdisciplinary courses on East Asia. The course is devised by an interdepartmental course committee. At present the centre offers a one-year course entitled East Asian Studies 1. This is open to students of all faculties. It may be taken as the first part of a two year sequence or a major consisting of East Asian Studies 1, History 2" (East Asian History), or an approved combination of Politics 2 and any third year History subject or of East Asian Studies 1, or an approved combination of Politics 2 and International Relations 3.
156-121 EAST ASIAN STUDIES PART 1 A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week.
A survey of the history of China and Japan and of political institutions and problems in the two countries, together with lectures on Chinese thought. About two-thirds of the course relates to Chinese studies (from earliest times) and one-third to Japanese studies.
Lectures are given by members of the departments of History, Political Science and East and Southeast Asian Studies and by scholars and ex- perts from other universities in Australia and occasionally from overseas.
Lectures are integrated according to academic disciplines and the main emphasis of the course is on the history of China and Japan and on political institutions and problems in both countries. The course also contains a short series of lectures on Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism.
Clearly the study of such a vast area as East Asia with a continuity of culture over three millennia poses great problems of selection and emphasis. The first fourteen or fifteen weeks of the course are devoted to a brief survey of each of the major dynasties in China from earliest times up to and including the revolutions of 1911 and 1949. Within this framework China is seen as an independent source of ideas, ideals and institutions. The discovery of these and of the distinctive shapes of its history is central to this part of the course and relevant to the 100
East and Southeast Asian Studies remainder. A series of eight lectures on contemporary Chinese politics concludes the work in second term. The Japanese component in third term consists of a study of the related but ultimately independent growth of a complex and highly original civilization within the same cultural area.
The written work for the course and the examination are based on the view that within the larger framework of the year's studies students will wish to specialize.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Fairbank J IC The United States and China, Harvard 1971 Fitzgerald C P The Birth of Communist China, Pelican 1964
•Fitzgerald C P The Chinese View of Their Place in the World, OUP 1984
Hail J W Japan from Prehistory to Modern Times, Weidenfeld & Nicol- son 1970
•Bodde D China's Cultural Tradition, Source Problems in World Civili- zation Series Rinehart 1961
(b) Prescribed textbooks:
•Fairbank J IC Reischauer E O & Craig A M East Asia: Tradition and Transformation, Allen & Unwin 1973
or
•Reischauer E 0 & Fairbank J K East Asia: The Great Tradition, Allen
& Unwin 1958
Reischauer E O Fairbank J IC & Craig A M East Asia: The Modern Transformation, Allen & Unwin 1965
•De Bary W T Sources of Chinese Tradition, Columbia UP 1960 (c) Additional texts:
Bolitho H Treasures Among Men, Yale UP 1974 Chen J ed Mao, Prentice-Hall 1969
Creel H G Chinese Thought, U. of Chicago 1971
Crowley J В Modern East Asia: Essays in Interpretation, Harcourt Brace & World 1970
De Bary W T The Buddhist Tradition in India, China and Japan, Vin- tage Books 1972
Lau D C ed & tг Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching, Penguin 1963
Levenson J R & Schurmann F China: An Interpretive History: From the Beginnings to the Fall of Han, U of California Press 1971 Levenson J R Modern China: An Interpretive Anthology, Macmillan 1971 LI Dun J The Essence of Chinese Civilization, Van Nostrand 1967 Loewe M Imperial China, Allen & Unwin 1966
Mason R H P & Caiger J G A History of Japan, Cassell 1972 Meskill J T An Introduction to Chinese Civilization, Heath & Co 1973 North R C Chinese Communism, Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1966
Schurmann F & Schell 0 eds China Readings, vols 1, 2 and 3, Pelican 1987
Schram S Mao Tse-tung, Pelican 1966 Tiedemann A Modern Japan, Anvil 1982
Tsunoda R Sources of Japanese Tradition, Columbia UP 1958
Waley Arthur The Analects of Confucius, Vintage Books or Allen &
Unwin
The Centre will supply supplementary reading lists.
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WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
Students are required to submit a first term essay of approximately 1,500 words, a second term essay of approximately 3,000 words and a short paper for discussion in second or third term.
EXAMINATION One 3-hour paper.
Class work and essays will be taken into consideration in the grading of examination results. The final result will be based on both the examination paper and the written work done during the year.
MASTER OF ARTS
156-601 SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL STUDIES
Candidates will, under the supervision of a member of the department, prepare a thesis on a subject to be approved by the head of the depart- ment. They may be directed to take any subject or attend any lectures bearing on their work and will be required to write regular reports on the progress of their research.
Prospective candidates for the MA in the school of Oriental Studies should in all cases consult the department of East and Southeast Asian Studies before beginning work for the purpose.
An entry form for examination for higher degrees must be submitted to the Registrar.
Three copies of each thesis (A4, typewritten, double-spaced) should be submitted, one of which will be deposited in the University Library.
The attention of candidates is drawn to the recommendations of the Pro- fessorial Board on the format of theses (regulation 4:6 in the University Calendar).
COURSES IN INDONESIAN
Indonesia's motto is 'Unity in Diversity'. Despite the multitude of islands and peoples and the many different languages and different culture pat- terns, there are certain strong unifying bonds of sentiment and interest which have held the country together and have made possible the for- midabl a task of welding a single nation with a distinct national identity.
The discovery of the underlying similarities as well as of the wealth of regional variations in ways of life, in art, literature, religion and in po- litical and social structures in the different parts of the archipelago is one of the great fascinations of studying Indonesia closely. The colourful past still impinges on the present in all kinds of ways, enriching the country culturally even though it has left formidable problems eco- nomically.
Because of its geographical position across the historic trade routes from India to the Spice Islands and to China, Indonesia has experienced vari- ous waves of influence from the world's great civilizations: Indian Buddhism and Hinduism, Islam from Arabia, Christianity from the Portu- guese and Dutch. The Chinese. too, have traded with Indonesia for a thousand years and now form about two per cent of the population. Yet the Indonesians have absorbed all these influences without losing their own individuality and, especially after having obtained political inde- pendence, have continued the search for a national identity in both politico-economic patterns and in the cultural and ideological spheres, where the country's writers and artists are groping their way towards a 102
East and Southeast Asian Studies united and independent Indonesia. Their efforts deserve our sympathy and attention, for they are our nearest neighbours and there is much that we can iearn from them.
The Commonwealth Advisory Committee on the Teaching of Asian Lan- guages and Cultures in its report of September, 1970 feels that it is through the social studies course in primary schools and in the core area studies, taken by all students at secondary level, that Australian students may be given an opportunity to learn about Asia. The Com- mittee believes that the school systems should concentrate on Indonesian/
Malay, Japanese and Chinese, and holds the view that, in this respect, Australia should become a major centre. Any significant expansion in Asian language teaching will require a substantial Increase in the number of teachers. In 1975 more than 50 secondary schools In Victoria are teaching the Indonesian language. There is also a demand for teaching the history of Indonesia within the Asian History Syllabus. In addition to these openings in the teaching profession graduates majoring in Indonesian and Malayan Studies have also found employment with the Departments of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Radio Australia, various news- papers and as business representatives.
The courses offered in Indonesian and Malayan Studies combine two types of study:
(1) the study of Indonesian language and literature, and
(2) the 'area study', i.e., the study of historical, political, social and economic problems and structures in present-day Indonesia.
Indonesian and Malayan Studies 1 (IlS-1) is primarily devoted to basic language study, while the middle of the first year and the remaining years (IМS-2, IМS-3, IМS-4) include both an area study content and work in Indonesian language and literature, the two parts being woven together as closely as possible.
IМS-1 is a prerequisite for entry to IМS-2 (except for those who have obtained exemption), and IМS-2 is a prerequisite for entry to 1МS-3.
ORDINARY DEGREE
(Details for the honours degree are set out at the and of this section.)
156-131 INDONESIAN AND MALAYAN STUDIES 1
A course of two lectures, two tutorials and one language laboratory session per week throughout the year.
Students who have passed the Victorian Higher School Certificate ex- amination In Indonesian are exempted from Indonesian and lalayan Studies 1. They may take instead Dutch 1, Chinese 1, Japanese 1 or East Asian Studies as the first part of a major with Indonesian and Malayan Studies 2 and 3. Similar exemption may be granted by the head of de- partment to other candidates who hold recognized professional quali- fications in Bahasa Indonesia or Malay.
SYLLABUS
(i) Basic elements of sentence structure and idiom. in Bahasa Indo- nesia. Translation from Indonesian into English from prescribed texts and elementary translation from English into Indonesian. Pro- nunciation and elementary conversation.
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(ii) Reading from set texts.
(iii) In the middle of the year ten lectures will be given as an introduc- tion to the study of Indonesian society and its history.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
'Legge J D Indonesia, Prentice-Hall
'Zainu'ddin A A Short History of Indonesia, Cassell Missen G J Viewpoint on Indonesia, Nelson Grant B Indonesia, Penguin Special
(b) Prescribed textbooks:
Echols J M and Shadily Hasan An Indonesian-English Dictionary, Cor- ne1l UP
Pino E & Wittermans T Kamus Inggeris, part 1 J B Wolters Groningen Sarumpaet J P & Mackie J A C An Introduction to Bahasa Indonesia,
MUP
Sarumpaet J P The Structure of Bahasa Indonesia, PO Box 282, Box Hill, Vic
Sarumpaet J P & Hendrata H A Modern Reader in Bahasa Indonesia, Books 1 and 2, PO Box 282, Box Hill, Vic
The department will supply typescript material, including explanation of more advanced grammatical structures and extracts for reading from In- donesian novels and stories. An annotated reading list and additional material for reading will be available in the department for students wishing to proceed to honours in Indonesian and Malayan Studies.
ASSIGNMENTS AND TESTS
One short written exercise on the language will be required every week.
A written test of 60 minutes will be held in the middle of the year.
Results of these assignments and the test will be taken into account in determining examination results.
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers, together with an oral test of 15 minutes. The area study will be examined by an essay of 2.000 words to be submitted during the year.