ALIT225

[WesMaps 98/99 Home Page] [Course Search] [Course Search by CID]

ALIT225

Women Writers of Japan ALIT225 FA

Crosslistings: WMST221, EAST235

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times	POI	Prereq
1	25	1	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 05:00:30 EDT 1999 )

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

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

Section 01: Samuel, Y; 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

Contact wesmaps@wesleyan.edu to submit comments or suggestions.