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Academic Year 2002/2003


Women Writers of Japan
ALIT 225 FA

Crosslistings:
WMST 221
EAST 235

This course is a survey of poetry and prose fiction by Japanese women writers, with a study of premodern and modern cultural history as the background.

MAJOR READINGS

Murasaki Shikibu, THE TALE OF GENJI Sei Shonagon, THE PILLOW BOOK OF SEI SHONAGON Lady Nijo, THE CONFESSIONS OF LADY NIJO Higuchi Ichiyo, "On the Last Day of the Year," and "The Thirteenth Night." Poetry of Yosano Akiko Selections from: Tanaka and Hanson, TO LIVE AND TO WRITE: SELECTIONS BY JAPANESE WOMEN WRITERS, 1913-1938; Lippit and Seldon, THIS KIND OF WOMAN: TEN STORIES BY JAPANESE WOMEN WRITERS, 1960-1976 Makoto Ueda, ed., THE MOTHER OF DREAMS AND OTHER STORIES: PORTRAYALS OF WOMEN IN MODERN JAPANESE FICTION Phyllis Birnbaum, ed., RABBITS, CRABS, ETC.: STORIES BY JAPANESE WOMEN Ariyoshi Sawako, THE RIVER KI and TWILIGHT YEARS Enchi Fumiko, MASKS and THE WAITING YEARS Uno Chiyo, CONFESSIONS OF LOVE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Reading Assignment for each class-meeting, two papers, final examination

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA AL&L    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003


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