Class Id: 8383
Days: TTh
Start Time: 01:30 PM
End Time: 02:50 PM
Building: FRIST
Room: 227
Course Id: 3708
Departments and Numbers: COM 344, EAS 344
Area: LA
Title: Postwar Japanese Narrative: Modern to Postmodern
Description: This course examines postwar Japanese experience through major literary, cinematic, and intellectual achievements. The objective is first to analyze a multitude of struggles in the aftermath of the Asia-Pacific War, and then to inquire into the nature of post-industrial prosperity in capitalist consumerism and the emergence of postmodernism. The course will cover representative postwar figures such as, Oe Kenzaburo, Dazai Osamu, Mishima Yukio, as well as contemporary writers such as Murakami Haruki. Topics include the rise of democratic ideas, unsolved issues of war memories, and the tension between serious and "popular" fiction writing.
Prerequisites:
Professors: Atsuko Ueda
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