OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

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JAPANESE LITERATURE, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY

Andrew MURAKAMI-SMITH (Faculty of Language and Culture)

Objective
  This course is a survey of Japanese short fiction since 1868. Readings will give students a chance to read a diverse selection of modern Japanese writers. Lectures will provide background information on Japanese history, language and literature before 1868, biographical information on each writer, and an overview of the various "schools" of modern Japanese literature.

Textbooks and Other Materials
Textbook: Theodore W. Goossen, The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories (Oxford University Press).
Other materials will be provided in class as necessary.

Course Schedule
Week 1: Explanation of course. Overview of Japanese history up to 1868.
Week 2: Overview of Japanese language and literature before 1868.
Week 3: Higuchi Ichiyo, "Growing Up"
Week 4: Kunikida Doppo, "The Bonfire"
Week 5: Kajii Motojiro, "Lemon"
Week 6: Shiga Naoya, "Night Fires"
Week 7: Tanizaki Junichiro, "Aguri"
Week 8: Hayashi Fumiko, "The Accordion and the Fish Town"
Week 9: Oda Sakunosuke, "City of Trees"
Week 10: Abe Kobo, "The Bet"
Week 11: Inoue Yasushi, "Passage to Fudaraku"
Week 12: Tsushima Yuko, "A Very Strange, Enchanted Boy"
Week 13: Nakagami Kenji, "The Cape"
Week 14: Murakami Haruki, "The Elephant Vanishes"i
Week 15: Yoshimoto Banana, "Dreaming of Kimchee" Final paper due.

Evaluation
Evaluation will be based on attendance, participation in class discussions, a weekly journal, and a final paper.