Modern Japanese Fiction

Narrative fiction from the Meiji Period (1868-1912) to the present in the context of modern Japanese cultural and intellectual history. In addition to more canonical writers such as Natsume Sōseki and Mori ōgai, examines the legacy of women writers such as Higuchi Ichiyō and Enchi Fumiko; proletariat writers such as Hayama Yoshiki, Kobayashi Takiji, and Hayashi Fumiko; and more contemporary mass-audience writers such as Yoshimoto Banana and Yamada Eimi.