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ALIT223
Culture, Gender, Power: Literary Representation in the Japanese Empire
ALIT223 SP
Crosslistings: EAST238
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
|---|
| 1 | 35 | 15 | Times: .T.T... 1:10PM-2:30PM; | No | No |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999
)
This course critically examines the assumption that culture
is apolitical. We will survey a wide range of literature
(proletarian, experimental, modernist, nativist) written in
the Japanese empire during the 1920s, '30s and '40s. You
will be asked to analyze the often contradictory
representations of national identity, gender, landscape, and
empire within the literary texts as we read them with and
against overtly political texts of the period.
MAJOR READINGS
Source Book
Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, NAOMI and SOME PREFER NETTLES
Hayaski Fumiko, I SAW A PALE HORSE
Kawabata Yasunari, SNOW COUNTRY
Dazai Osamu, SETTING SUN
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Weekly one-page response
papers, quizzes, final 5-page to 7-page paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Active class
participation is critical to the success of the course.
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
- Section 01
- Cabell, C
- Times: .T.T... 1:10PM- 2:30PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1
- Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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