Course Overview

This course aims to learn about how Japanese literature is introduced to the world through the comparative analysis of the English translation and its social and political background.

Learning Achievement

Upon successfully completing this course, the student becomes capable of understanding the reception of Japanese literature in the world through the comparative analysis of the translation.

Competence

3. Ability to Understand Cultural Phenomena in Relation to the Text

Course prerequisites

This course is conducted in Japanese. Students need the intermediate to upper level of Japanese skills to read the original Japanese text.

Grading Philosophy

Manaba tests: 50%
Term paper: 50%

Course schedule

Introduction
Translation of Japanese Literature before the 1950s: The Tale of Genji and Arthur Waley
Translation of Japanese Literature from the 1950s to the 1970s: Yasunari Kawabata
Translation of Japanese Literature from the 1950s to the 1970s: Yasunari Kawabata
Translation of Japanese Literature from the 1950s to the 1970s: Junichiro Tanizaki
Translation of Japanese Literature from the 1950s to the 1970s: Junichiro Tanizaki
Translation of Japanese Literature from the 1950s to the 1970s: Yukio Mishima
Translation of Japanese Literature from the 1950s to the 1970s: Yukio Mishima
Translators of Japanese Literature: Keen, Seidensticker, and Morris
Translation of Japanese Literature from the 1980s to the 1990s

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Eguchi Maki

Other information

Site for Inquiry

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