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Languages and Literature of China and South East Asia
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI "L'ORIENTALE"
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
YEAR I: The course aims to provide students with an intermediate knowledge of the structures of the written and spoken Indonesian language as well as the ability to perform textual analysis of texts of various genres (particularly literary) and to converse independently on various topics. Students should know how to use appropriately the various aspectual and modal markers found in Indonesian, as well as markers for determinacy (itu, -nya) and indeterminacy (classifiers). Students will be able to carry out conversations based on readings taken from print or web organs and from videos of various kinds.
YEAR II: The course aims to provide students with an overall knowledge at the intermediate to advanced level of the written and spoken Indonesian language and the ability to produce texts of various kinds in Indonesian. These skills will enable the student to be able to analyze texts of various levels of complexity in Indonesian, to translate them, and to converse critically by processing concepts learned from knowledge about the Indonesian world acquired during the two-year course. Students will be able to carry out conversations critically based on readings taken from print or web media and videos of various kinds.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
YEAR I: The course aims to provide students with the knowledge necessary to read and translate passages of medium complexity in Indonesian and to understand and comment on essays and literary passages of medium difficulty and common expressions in spoken language. Students should also know how to recognize specific linguistic features of Austronesian languages found in Indonesian.
YEAR II: The course is intended to provide students with the tools necessary to engage in conversations of any level and readings and translations of complex passages in Indonesian. Appropriately selected authentic materials of various kinds will be used to develop students' translation and communication skills and expand their vocabulary. Students will engage with languages in contact with Indonesian and analyze phenomena of contact between Indonesian and local languages bidirectionally (borrowing from Indonesian into local languages and vice versa).
ADDITIONAL EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Autonomy of judgment:
Students should have the ability to handle acquired skills with critical attitude and autonomy of judgment and make evaluations on readings of various kinds. They must also be able to collect and interpret linguistic data and salient language features such as verbal aspect and manner, and the expression of (in)determinacy.
Communication skills:
Students should be able to communicate fluently and spontaneously in the various registers of Indonesian; they should be able to produce clear texts on a wide range of topics.
Learning skills:
Students should have developed the skills necessary to undertake further study with a good degree of autonomy and should be able to effectively use the acquired methodological tools to do analysis on language and morphosyntactic structures, using corpora, for example.
Course Prerequisites
An intermediate level knowledge of the Indonesian language (vocabulary, fundamentals of grammar and morphosyntax, the main prefixes and suffixes, reduplication), or “threshold” level of Indonesian (A2/B1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) is essential.
Teaching Methods
The Indonesian language course involves annual face-to-face lectures and seminar and laboratory activities. Knowledge and understanding are attainable through participation in face-to-face lectures and seminar activities on various topics in Indonesian language, linguistics and literature. Face-to-face teaching is done through oral lectures and sometimes the use of power point presentations by both the lecturer and students who are asked to summarize and comment on some readings. The practical activities of discussion of linguistic and literary data, conversation and translation involve the direct involvement of students in engaging in presentations, debates and peer discussions. For the exercises, the Moodle platform will be used in addition to classroom lectures.
Assessment Methods
Regarding the mode of assessment, students will be involved in seminars and/or laboratory activities throughout the year. They will choose a topic in Indonesian language, linguistics, or literature to report on in class using a PowerPoint presentation or term paper. These activities will be an integral part of the final exam. The final exam consists of a written test on Moodle and an oral test. The written exam will consist of a series of exercises testing comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar, as well as a short writing assignment. The final oral exam consists of reading and presenting an Indonesian text (either an essay or a novel) and discussing it from linguistic and literary perspectives. Part of the exam will be a conversation on literature and current affairs topics exclusively in Indonesian.
Texts
Indonesian Language I-II M
Badan Bahasa. Lentera Indonesia III.
Rafferty, Burns, Argazali-Thomas. (2014) Indonesian Grammar in Context: Asyik Berbahasa Indonesia Volume 3. NUS Press.
Sneddon, James. (2000). Understanding Indonesian grammar. Allen and Unwin. Sydney.
Sneddon James Neil, Alexander Adelaar, Dwi Noverini Djenar and Michael C Ewing. (2010). Indonesian reference grammar. Allen and Unwin. Sydney.
Sneddon, James (2006). Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian. Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University.
Soenoto Faizah & Antonia Soriente. (2019). Corso di indonesiano. Milano, Hoepli.
Letture dalla rivista TEMPO e da quotidiani indonesiani
Indonesian Literature I M
Ananta Toer Pramoedya.(1957) Cerita dari Jakarta.
Banu Iksaka. 2023. Rasina. Gramedia. Jakarta
Chudori, Leila. 2010. Pulang Sebuah novel. KPG Jakarta.
Hefner R. (eds.). 2018. Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Indonesia. New York, Routledge.
Indirani Feby. 2017. Bukan Perawan Maria. Jakarta: Pabriultura.
Michailick Yivonne, & Melani Budianta. 2015. Indonesian Women Writers.
Nesi, Felix. 2019. Orang-orang Oetimu. Yogyakarta: Marjin Kiri.
Pamuntjak Laksmi. 2021. Kitab kawin. Gramedia. Jakarta.
Paramaditha Intan. 2023. Malam Seribu Jahanam. Jakarta Gramedia.
Van der Putten Jan , Monika Arnez, Edwin P. Wieringa and Arndt Graf (eds.) 2017. Traditions Redirecting Contemporary Indonesian Cultural Productions, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Publishing,.
Vickers, Adrian. 2005. A history of modern Indonesia. Cambridge University Press.
Contents
Indonesian Language I M
The course aims to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of some key topics in Indonesian language and linguistics and to enable students to use them appropriately in written and oral texts, both literary and essayistic as well as colloquial.
1. Verbal aspect, difference between sudah and telah, markers of imperfectivity.
2. Auxiliaries and modal particles.
3. Modal value of -nya.
4. Complex affixation: BER-KE- -AN, BER-PEN- -AN, KE-BER-AN, KE-TER-AN, TER- -KAN, TER- -I.
5. Use of itu and -nya to indicate definiteness
6. Uses of -nya in standard and colloquial language
7. Translation of short literary texts
8. Characteristic features of Austronesian languages in Indonesian and related languages
9. Textual analysis of literary and essayistic texts.
10. Viewing videos and reading texts in colloquial Indonesian
Indonesian Language II M
The course aims to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of various topics in Indonesian at an intermediate/advanced level and to enable them to read and produce texts of various kinds, from journalistic, essayistic, and literary to blog, television, film, and colloquial language.
1 Complex morphology
2 Use and functions of the clitic -nya (SE-NYA; SE-R-NYA).
3 Nominalization with -nya
4 Conjunctions for subordinate clauses: concessive and hypothetical
5 Production of complex texts in various genres
6 Spoken and written colloquial language.
7 Analytical reading of texts from various literary and non-fiction sources (magazines, short story collections, novels, essays, colloquial language)
8 Translation of a novel or essay
9 Phenomena of linguistic contact, such as borrowing of lexical or grammatical elements in both written and oral literary and non-fiction texts.
10 Regular reading and conversation on current political and cultural topics in Indonesia.
Indonesian Literature I M
The course aims to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of some key topics in Indonesian literature and to reflect critically on selected literary works, contextualizing them in their historical and social setting. In particular:
1 works of women's literature will be studied
2 topics such as the events of 1965 in literature,
3 horror as an evergreen genre,
4 the deconstruction of colonialism in literature,
5 and LGBT issues will be addressed in seminars.
6 The celebrations of the centenary of Pramoedya Ananta Toer's birth will put a particular focus on Pramoedya Ananta Toer's literary activity.
7 Examples will be excerpts from the works of: Laksmi Pamuntjak, Leila Chudori, Intan Paramaditha, Iksaka Banu, Felix Nesi, Norman Pasaribu, and Pramoedya Ananta Toer.
8 Horror literature and films will be an integral part of the study program for cultural and linguistic observations.
Course Language
Italian, English and Indonesian
More information
There is no separate program for non-attending students. However, consultation with the lecturer is necessary to define the sections of the books to be studied and communication strategies for independent language study.