SYLLABUS
OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _
99f-6 A SURVEY OF MODERN JAPANESE LETERATURE
Takatoshi IZUHARA (Faculty of Letters)

Objective
The purpose of this course is to study the history of the Japanese modern literature by reading the most important novels. It is desirable for students to read Japanese novels in the original.

Textbook
None

Teaching Schedule

Week 1. Introduction: A survey of modern Japanese literature
Week 2. The works of Soseki (1)
Week 3. The works of Soseki (2)
Week 4. The works of Soseki (3)
Week 5. The works of Ogai (1)
Week 6. The works of Ogai (2)
Week 7. The works of Ichiyo(1)
Week 8. The works of Ichiyo(2)
Week 9. The works of Toson
Week 10.The works of Acutagawa
Week 11.The works of Naoya Shiga
Week 12.The works of Osamu Dazai
Week 13.The works of Yasunari Kawabata
Week 14.Summary

Grading
Term paper to be submitted at the end of the course

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