Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other ...

Course meets: Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-12:50 in Fayerweather 217a Office Hours: Monday and Thursday 9:15-10:00 and by appointment Requirements: Assigned readings are to be completed before class.

The Modern period in Japanese literature overlaps the reigns of three Emperors: Meiji (1868-1912), Taishō (1912-1926), and early Shōwa (1926-1945). Similar to American writers, Japanese writers of the ...

Taught in English. This course will offer an introduction to contemporary Japanese literature, beginning with the 1970s and continuing to the present day. That historical frame will take us through ...

and contemporary, and have additional competence in other areas. Each semester, we offer two seminars in Japanese literature across different historical periods that are centered around the intensive ...

(scroll down for syllabus and links to images and suggested readings) Description: Japan can be characterized as a nation of complex, even contradictory, cultural inclinations. At times, foreign ideas ...

He went on for his M.A. in Japanese Language and Literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which he completed in 2005. His concentration was in modern Japanese literature with further ...

Angles is a prominent translator of modern Japanese literature, with several volumes of Japanese literature in translation to his name. His book "Forest of Eyes: Selected Poems of Tada Chimako," ...

This immersion introduces students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (history, art, literature, politics, anthropology, and music) of Japan. The immersion consists of three language ...

Areas of interest include the history of translation and translation theory in Japan, expressions of romance, sexuality, and desire—especially same-sex desire—in Japanese literature, and the ...