Comments on: Sharing Syllabi: Japanese Women http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/08/sharing-syllabi-japanese-women/ The Japan History Group Blog Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:08:31 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Matt http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/08/sharing-syllabi-japanese-women/comment-page-1/#comment-23590 Matt Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:55:35 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/08/sharing-syllabi-japanese-women/#comment-23590 Total self-promotion here, but I just posted a translation of "O-an monogatari", an 18th-C document which, although probably written by a man, is (allegedly) a reconstruction of stories his great-aunt told him about her sufferings as a young woman in wartime. Not autobiographical, but the next best thing, and very different from the usual "sit around in twenty layers of clothes" court lady stuff... http://no-sword.jp/bassharp/2006/09/tales-of-o-by-son-of-yamada-kisuke.html Total self-promotion here, but I just posted a translation of “O-an monogatari”, an 18th-C document which, although probably written by a man, is (allegedly) a reconstruction of stories his great-aunt told him about her sufferings as a young woman in wartime. Not autobiographical, but the next best thing, and very different from the usual “sit around in twenty layers of clothes” court lady stuff…

http://no-sword.jp/bassharp/2006/09/tales-of-o-by-son-of-yamada-kisuke.html

]]> By: Qin http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/08/sharing-syllabi-japanese-women/comment-page-1/#comment-23318 Qin Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:08:38 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/08/sharing-syllabi-japanese-women/#comment-23318 I like your idea of setting up the class into three parts: primary sources, lecture, presentation. Last year, some students in my class complained about the primary sources as reading assignment. It might be a good idea to read the primary sources together with students in the class, raising questions, and then proceed with lecture. I like your idea of setting up the class into three parts: primary sources, lecture,
presentation. Last year, some students in my class complained about the primary
sources as reading assignment. It might be a good idea to read the primary sources
together with students in the class, raising questions, and then proceed with lecture.

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