EARLY MODERN JAPANESE LITERATURE
An extensive overview of the literature during Japan's early modern or Edo period (1600-1868). Introduction to one of the world's great cultures through its literature during a period that many people consider to be the culmination of a millennium of cultural development prior to Japan's forced opening to the West in the second half of the nineteenth century. Covers snippets from vastly popular works in the major genres of comic books, novellas, essays, poetry, kabuki and puppet plays and so on, concentrating on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Some key questions in this course include: What is early modernity? What is literature? What is Japanese about these materials?
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: ASIALANG 104 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe cultural awareness across historical epochs. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Synthesize and critically evaluate source materials in English with reference to Japanese. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Read, analyze, and explain the significance of major Japanese texts during the early modern historical epoch. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe cultural awareness across historical epochs. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Synthesize and critically evaluate source materials in English with reference to Japanese. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Read, analyze, and explain the significance of major Japanese texts during the early modern historical epoch. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027