J7B Spring 2012 Overall Course OUtline / Schedule

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Orientation

Session 01—Tu, Jan 17: Orientation • Historical Overview (1868–ca. 2000)

Meiji and Taishō periods (pre WWII)

Session 02—Th, Jan 19: Meiji (1868–1912) & Taishō (1912–1926) periods overview • Mori Ōgai and his “Under Reconstruction” (1910)

Session 03—Tu, Jan 24: Natsume Sōseki and his Kokoro (1914) Session 1

Session 04—Th, Jan 26: Natsume Sōseki and his Ten Nights of Dreams (1908) and his Kokoro (1914) Session 2

Session 05—Tu, Jan 31: Nagai Kafū and his “The Peony Garden” (1909) • Tanizaki Jun’ichirō and his “The Tattooer” (1910) • Shiga Naoya and his “The Razor” (1910) & “Seibei’s Gourds” (1913)

Session 06—Th, Feb 2: Meiji & Taishō Poetry

Shōwa period, portion just before WWII

Session 07—Tu, Feb 7: Shōwa period (1925–1989) overview • Tanizaki Jun’ichirō and his Naomi (from 1924)

Shōwa period, portions during WWII and occupation/reconstruction years after WWII

Session 08—Th, Feb 9: Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s Makioka Sisters (1943–44)

Session 09—Tu, Feb 14: Kawabata Yasunari and his Snow Country (1935–1948) Session 1

Session 10—Th, Feb 16: Kawabata Yasunari and his Snow Country (1935–1948) Sessions 2

Session 11—Tu, Feb 21: WWII

Session 12—Th, Feb 23: Dazai Osamu and his Setting Sun (1947) Session 1

Session 13—Tu, Feb 28: Dazai Osamu and his Setting Sun (1947) Session 2 • The Buraiha & Sakaguchi Ango’s “In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom” (1947)

Session 14—Th, March 1: Midterm 01

Post WWII Shōwa period Japan

Session 15—Tu, March 6: Mishima Yukio and his The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1956) Session 1

Session 16—Th, March 8: Mishima Yukio and his The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1956) Session 2

Session 17—Tu, March 13: Enchi Fumiko's Masks (1958) Session 1

Session 18—Th, March 15: Enchi Fumiko's Masks (1958) Session 2

Session 19—Tu, March 20: Abe Kōbō and his Woman in the Dunes (1963)

Session 20—Th, March 22: Ōe Kenzaburō and his A Personal Matter (1964) Session 1

Session 21—Tu, April 3: Ōe Kenzaburō and his A Personal Matter (1964) Session 2

Session 22—Th, April 5: Ibuse Masuji's Black Rain (1965) Session 1

Session 23—Tu, April 10: Ibuse Masuji's Black Rain (1965) Session 2 • Comments on—not screening of— “Grave of the Fireflies” (1988)

Final Shōwa year, then Heisei period

Session 24—Th, April 12: Isao Takahata’s “Grave of the Fireflies” (1988) screening Part 1

Session 25—Tu, April 17: Isao Takahata’s “Grave of the Fireflies” (1988) screening Part 2 • Shōwa & Heisei Poetry

Session 26—Th, April 19: Heisei comments • Yoshimoto Banana and her Lizards (1993) • Murakami Haruki and his After the Quake (2002), Student evaluations

Session 27—Tu, April 24: Midterm 02

Last day

Session 28—Th, April 26: Final Part A & Final comments

Final exam

THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012 8AM–11AM