GSFS 229 - Bodies in Japanese Literature & Culture 1945 to 2020

FC ARHU CD

4 credits
This course introduces Japan’s postwar literature and arts through images and tropes of the body. Experiences of the war and radical social change after Japan’s defeat in 1945 were often “embodied” in literary and critical texts and on screens. Japan’s changing place in the global order often became visible and tangible through the display and interpretation of bodies. Through examining tropes constructed around bodies in literary works and related media, we explore the body as the site of cultural transitions and struggles.
This course is cross-listed with EAST 229