Course meets: Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-12:50 in Fayerweather 217a Office Hours: Monday and Thursday 9:15-10:00 and by appointment Requirements: Assigned readings are to be completed before class.

The Modern period in Japanese literature overlaps the reigns of three Emperors: Meiji (1868-1912), Taishō (1912-1926), and early Shōwa (1926-1945). Similar to American writers, Japanese writers of the ...

Daryl Maude received a BA in Japanese from the University of Leeds, an MA in Japanese Literature from the University of London, and a PhD in Modern Japanese Literature and Critical Theory from the ...

I was always focused on modern Japanese literature, getting my bachelor's degree at a small women's university in Hiroshima, my master's degree in Vancouver, and then my PhD at Washington University ...

He went on for his M.A. in Japanese Language and Literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which he completed in 2005. His concentration was in modern Japanese literature with further ...

Introduction to listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Japanese and to the culture of Japanese-speaking regions. This course meets three (3) hours per week in the classroom and requires at least ...

Michael Cronin's research concerns the role of the local in Japanese literature, cinema, and other popular culture. His monograph, Osaka Modern: The City in the Japanese Imaginary (Harvard East Asian ...

This course consists of close reading, lecture, and discussion concerning representative works of literature and drama from ancient to early modern Japan. Theoretical analysis will be integrated with ...

This immersion introduces students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (history, art, literature, politics, anthropology, and music) of Japan. The immersion consists of three language ...

Come and discover the great beauty of modern Japan, from the traditional to the contemporary ... Our Japanese studies program allows you to specialize in film, literature, video games, or pop culture ...

His study of representations of same-sex desire in the literature of the interwar period was published in 2011, and his study of poetry written in response to the 2011 disasters in Japan was published ...

TOKYO (AP) — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92. Tanikawa, who translated ...