JAPN 0216
Postwar Japanese
Contemporary Japanese Fiction
In this class we will examine the development of Japanese literature from the end of World War II to the present. The fiction of this period documents Japan's recovery from the devastation of the war and its development as an economic power. Writers chronicle the effects of these changes in Japan and, increasingly, in global culture. We will read novels and short stories by Mishima Yukio, Enchi Fumiko, Kawabata Yasunari, Oe Kenzaburo, Murakami Haruki, and Kirino Natsuo, among others. (Not open to students who have taken JAPN 0220) 3 hrs. lect./disc.
In this class we will examine the development of Japanese literature from the end of World War II to the present. The fiction of this period documents Japan's recovery from the devastation of the war and its development as an economic power. Writers chronicle the effects of these changes in Japan and, increasingly, in global culture. We will read novels and short stories by Mishima Yukio, Enchi Fumiko, Kawabata Yasunari, Oe Kenzaburo, Murakami Haruki, and Kirino Natsuo, among others. (Not open to students who have taken JAPN 0220) 3 hrs. lect./disc.
- Subject:
- Japanese
- Department:
- Japanese Studies
- Division:
- Languages
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- AAL, LIT
- Levels:
- Undergraduate