Story Land in Classical Japanese This series is aimed at students of the Japanese language and viewers interested in classical literature. It provides easy introductions to celebrated classical ...

After the war, he enrolled in Kyoto University to study Japanese literature and culture. Keene performed a "kyogen" traditional Japanese comic play in 1956. For over 50 years, Keene was professor ...

including classical, medieval, early-modern, modern, and contemporary, and have additional competence in other areas. Each semester, we offer two seminars in Japanese literature across different ...

Welcome to the Japanese Section of UW's Department of Modern & Classical Languages. As a department of foreign languages, literatures, and cultural studies, we prepare our students for life and ...

sometimes called the Little Nobel Prize for Literature. The jury described the "ineffable charm" of Ms Kadono's picture books and novels, deeply rooted in Japan. She was inspired to write her most ...

This course consists of close reading, lecture, and discussion concerning representative works of literature and drama from ancient to early modern Japan. Theoretical analysis will be integrated with ...