Modern Japanese Women Writers

An examination of women's writing from the Meiji Period (1868-1912) to the present. Readings include works from such writers as Higuchi Ichiyo, Miyamoto Yuriko, Enchi Fumiko, and Tsushima Yūko. Topics include the relation of 'woman' to the modern, the legacy/construction of the past, the implications of joryū bungaku (women's literature), and the problem of resistance and subversion.