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

Topics for this session

❖ Brief historical and cultural overview of the Shōwa era (both pre- and post-war)
❖ Tanizaki Jun’ichirō—biography
❖ Tanizaki Jun’ichirō—Naomi (from 1924)

Thoughts*

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Required—to be completed for today's session

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Texts, multimedia notes, links*

◊ The full Seidensticker translation of Sasameyuki (The Makioka Sisters). [bSpace, .doc,"Tanizaki Makioka Sisters full ..."]
◊ Some brief info on his life and work: Tanizaki brief info [off site link]
◊ And if anyone is interested in Tanizaki's work in and about cinema, Thomas LaMarre's book is a good place to start: Shadows on the screen: Tanizaki Jun'ichirō on cinema and "oriental" aesthetics Main Stack PL839.A7.Z766 2005.

Other*

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*THOUGHTS: Reading before class probably helps follow session content, reading afterwards might help consolidate notes, revisiting for tests is recommended. Content might be added before class or anytime up until about 24 hours ahead of a midterm.

*TEXTS, MULTIMEDIA NOTES, LINKS: If I have read from something, shown something or presented audio, I usually include that information here. If I consider it testable material, it will definitely be listed here. Miscellaneous material that I show may or may not be listed. I often add material at the last minute and hope to have time later to note it, but often cannot.

*OTHER: When possible I note here names, places, and other details that I have mentioned in a lecture that would otherwise not be accessible in the assigned materials or easily located on your own. As with "TEXTS ..." this is usually sometime after class and, again, I might not be able to get around to doing it.