Spring 2023

JAPAN 178 103 - DIS 103

Murakami Haruki and Miyazaki Hayao: the Politics of Japanese Culture from the Bubble to the Present

Wendy Wang

Jan 17, 2023 - May 05, 2023

10:00 am - 10:59 am

Evans 4

Class #:27297

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through East Asian Languages and Cultures

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0

Enrolled: 18

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 18

Waitlist Max: 2

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

3 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week, 3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 8 hours of outside work hours per week.

This course will examine the works of the novelist Murakami Haruki and the animator Miyazaki Hayao within the context of contemporary Japanese aesthetics and history. Both Murakami and Miyazaki debuted in 1979 and their work has very much defined Japan’s cultural experience from the tail end of the Era of High Growth Economics through the Bubble Era, the Lost Decade, and into the twenty-first century. Students will explore the works of these two figures in the context of the history of Japanese literature and film and its relation to larger political, social, and cultural trends of Japan from the 1980s to the present.