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Sep 28, 2024
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College Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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LITR 021J. Modern Japanese Literature
An introduction to Japanese fiction from the Meiji Restoration (1868) to the present day, focusing on how literature has been used to express the personal voice and to shape and critique the concept of the modern individual. We will discuss the development of the mode of personal narrative known as the “I novel” as well as those authors and works that challenge this literary mode. In addition, we will explore how the personal voice in literature is interwoven with the great intellectual and historical movements of modern times, including Japan’s encounter with the West and rapid modernization, the rise of Japanese imperialism and militarism, World War II and its aftermath, the emergence of an affluent consumer society in the postwar period, and the impact of global popular culture and the horizon of new transnational identities in the 21st century. All readings and discussions will be in English.
(Cross-listed as JPNS 021 )
1 credit.
Not offered 2014-2015.
http://www.swarthmore.edu/modern-languages-literatures
Modern Languages and Literatures: Literatures in Translation
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