Semester	Fall Semester, 2023
Department	Selective Courses of Master Level, International College of Innovation
Course Name	Literacy and Literature in the Austronesian region
Instructor	DE BUSSER RIK LOUIS JOSE
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Elective
Prerequisite

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

Week	Course content and required reading	Course activities, including preparation and homework	Expected load in hours （incl. teaching）
1	The Austronesian world: some background	Lecture, discussion	3
2	The concept of literature	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
3	Something about the theory and structure of literature(s)	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
4	Oral literature	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
5	Court (written) literature	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
6	Modern literature	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
7	Writing: various kinds and their structure	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
8	Impact of writing on the mind and on society	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
9	Language standardization	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
10	Language politics	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
11	Language politics and literacy in Taiwan	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
12	History of Siraya language and society before 20^th century	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
13	Siraya language revitalization	Lecture, discussion	3
14	Fieldwork: Siraya language revitalization	Fieldwork participation, report	12
15
16
17	Final examination	Final essay	10
18	Discussion	Discussion	3

The fieldwork for this course will be scheduled over a long weekend at the end of the semester. The exact date will be determined in consultation with the students and the language community.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

Help with preparing the course materials and online learning systems (Moodle and MS Teams), help with preparing the fieldtrip.

Requirement/Grading

Participation in discussions and fieldtrip: 40%

In-class presentations: 20%

Final essay: 40%

In order to pass your final essay you need to demonstrate that:

You understand the information presented to you during the lectures and in your required reading.

You are able to conduct independent academic research, by correctly referring to linguistic studies that are not part of the course materials or reference materials.

You are able to write a well-structured essay in English.

Grading scale

	100-90	89-85	80-84	79-70	69-60	50-59	50-0
	A+	A	A-	B	C	D	E
Graduate	Pass				Fail
Undergrad	Pass					Fail

Textbook & Reference

Readings will be made available during the semester.

General reference works:

Adelaar, K. Alexander. 2011. Siraya: Retrieving the Phonology, Grammar and Lexicon of a Dormant Formosan Language. Berlin: de Gruyter Mouton.

Adelaar, K. Alexander & Nikolaus P. Himmelmann (eds.). 2005. The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar. London: Routledge.

Balcom, John & Yingtish Balcom (eds.). 2005. Indigenous Writers of Taiwan: An Anthology of Stories, Essays, and Poems. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

Blust, Robert. 2013. The Austronesian Languages, Revised Edition (Asia-Pacific Linguistics Open Access Monographs 008). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. Downloadable: http://pacling.anu.edu.au/materials/Blust2013Austronesian.pdf

Poiconu, Pasuya (浦忠成) (ed.). 2012. Literary History of Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples (Volume I). Taipei: Le Jin Books.

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