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ALIT225
Women Writers of Japan
ALIT225 SP
Crosslistings: WMST221, EAST235
Next Offered in 9798 SP
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
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA AL&L
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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