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Academic Year 2005/2006
Women Writers of Japan
ALIT 225 FA
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
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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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