College Bulletin 2022-2023 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
College Bulletin 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

LITR 041J. Fantastic Spaces in Modern Japanese Literature


(Cross-listed as JPNS 041 )
As Japanese society has transferred rapidly in the 20th century and beyond, a number of authors have turned to the fantastic to explore the pathways of cultural memory, the vicissitudes of interpersonal relationships, the limits of mind and body, and the nature of storytelling itself. In this course, we will consider the use of anti-realistic writing genres in Japanese literature from 1900 to the present, combining readings of novels and short stories with related critical and theoretical texts. Fictional works examined will include novels, supernatural tales, science fiction, and cyber-fiction by authors such as Tanizaki Junichirô, Abe Kôbô, Kurahasi Yumiko, and Murakami Haruki.
Humanities.
Writing course.
1 credit.
Eligible for JPNS
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: Literatures in Translation  
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/modern-languages-literatures


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