War and Representation in Japanese Literature and Media - Thicket
War and Representation in Japanese Literature and Media

War and Representation in Japanese Literature and Media

This 6-week course examines how Japanese artists respond to war and how war is represented in literature and other media from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth century. Texts include poetry, fiction, memoir, reportage, painting, photography, and film. We will read works by Natsume Sōseki, Mori Ōgai, Tanizaki Jun’ichirō, and Mishima Yukio and view films including Sansho the Bailiff (1954), Patriotism (1966), and In This Corner of the World (2016). Full schedule coming soon.
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Your Instructor

Matthew Mewhinney
Matthew Mewhinney

PhD in Japanese
University of California, Berkeley

Matthew Mewhinney is Associate Professor in the Department of Japanese Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. in Japanese from the University of California, Berkeley, and previously taught at Boston University and Florida State University. His research interests include lyric poetry and theory, narrative, cinema, subjectivity, and translation.

Japanese LiteratureLiterary TheoryPoetryTranslation
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$168

What you'll learn

An introduction to the some of the most influential writers of post-war Japan

How Japanese artists, writers, and filmmakers have used aesthetic forms to to express ethical positions on war

What You Get

Live interactive sessions

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Small discussion groups

Maximum 15 students for personalized attention

Session recordings

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