2025 Summer Session D
6 weeks, July 7 - August 15
JAPAN 7B 001 - LEC 001
Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture
Class #:12788
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
29
Enrolled: 1
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 30
Waitlist Max: 5
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
2 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week, 20 hours of outside work hours per week, and 8 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week.
Course Catalog Description
An introduction to Japanese literature in translation in a two-semester sequence. 7B provides a survey of important works of 19th- and 20th-century Japanese fiction, poetry, and cultural criticism. The course will explore the manner in which writers responded to the challenges of industrialization, internationalization, and war. Topics include the shifting notions of tradition and modernity, the impact of Westernization on the constructions of the self and gender, writers and the wartime state, literature of the atomic bomb, and postmodern fantasies and aesthetics. All readings are in English translation. Techniques of critical reading and writing will be introduced as an integral part of the course.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats