JAPAN 4440 - Language and Culture through Reading Manga

The aim of this course is to twofold. First, students will use their cumulative knowledge of Japanese language and culture to read various works of manga, acclimating themselves to natural language usage. Second, the course will train students to use culture, like manga, to extract new language and cultural knowledge. The class will be conducted in English and Japanese. Advanced Japanese language knowledge is required as all manga reading will be in Japanese. Students will also have to translate texts and contexts.