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Transnational Japanese Literature: Diversity And Diaspora In Modern Japanese Literature (Jpns 073) Syllabus, William O. Gardner Oct 2021

Transnational Japanese Literature: Diversity And Diaspora In Modern Japanese Literature (Jpns 073) Syllabus, William O. Gardner

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Transnational Japanese Literature: Diversity And Diaspora In Modern Japanese Literature course description:
This course will challenge the myths of Japanese ethnic homogeneity and cultural isolation and explore how modern “Japanese” literature crosses national and cultural borders. Topics to be examined include Japanese writers writing from abroad, colonial and postcolonial literatures, migration and writing in the Japanese diaspora, and the writings of ethnic minorities in Japan, including writers from Okinawa and Japan’s resident Korean community.


Japanese Modernism (Jpns 075) Syllabus, William O. Gardner Oct 2018

Japanese Modernism (Jpns 075) Syllabus, William O. Gardner

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Japanese Modernism course description:
A lively and cosmopolitan modernist literature and art scene thrived in early 20th Century Japan, as cities such as Tokyo and Osaka grew rapidly, and writers and artists established connections with their counterparts across the globe. During the same decades, stylish "modern girls" and "modern boys" in Japanese cities were hailed in the press as avatars of newly liberated lifestyles and fashions, or derided by conservatives as the dupes of corrupt Western influences. This course will explore Japanese modernist literature, its global connections, and its social context, using a seminar format. Topics include: Japanese avant-garde literature, …


Visionary Media In Edgar Allan Poe And Edogawa Rampo, William O. Gardner Jan 2012

Visionary Media In Edgar Allan Poe And Edogawa Rampo, William O. Gardner

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Translation Of "A Love Letter" By H. Kyojiro, H. Kyojiro, William O. Gardner , Translator Jan 2012

Translation Of "A Love Letter" By H. Kyojiro, H. Kyojiro, William O. Gardner , Translator

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Japanese Modernism And "Cine-Text": Fragments And Flows At Empire's Edge In Kitagawa Fuyuhiko And Yokomitsu Riichi, William O. Gardner Jan 2012

Japanese Modernism And "Cine-Text": Fragments And Flows At Empire's Edge In Kitagawa Fuyuhiko And Yokomitsu Riichi, William O. Gardner

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This article notes that Kitagawa Fuyuhiko's writings from the 1920s and 1930s, together with the contemporaneous works of prose author Yokomitsu Riichi, are strongly marked by the confluence of the literary and the cinematic. Kitagawa and Yokomitsu's engagement with film was not limited to a fascination with the precision, objectivity, or mobility of the “camera eye.” Rather, it extended to the entire ability of the cinematic apparatus to capture the temporality of objects in motion, and of the ability of the filmmaker to organize segments of space into a new synthetic whole. The article explores this confluence through a brief …


Translation Of "Advertising Tower!" By H. Kyojiro, H. Kyojiro, William O. Gardner , Translator Jan 2012

Translation Of "Advertising Tower!" By H. Kyojiro, H. Kyojiro, William O. Gardner , Translator

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The 1970 Osaka Expo And/As Science Fiction, William O. Gardner Dec 2011

The 1970 Osaka Expo And/As Science Fiction, William O. Gardner

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Two Renga Collaborative Poems, Marion J. Faber, William O. Gardner, Nicholas L. Gettino , '13, William S. Hamilton-Levi , '13, Benjamin C. Hattem , '12, David L. Hinojosa , '12, Joanie Jean , '11, Susanna D. Mitro , '11, Frank V. Mondelli , '12, N. Jackson Pietsch , '13, James M. Preimesberger , '11, Alice R. Wong , '13, James Wright , '13 Oct 2011

Two Renga Collaborative Poems, Marion J. Faber, William O. Gardner, Nicholas L. Gettino , '13, William S. Hamilton-Levi , '13, Benjamin C. Hattem , '12, David L. Hinojosa , '12, Joanie Jean , '11, Susanna D. Mitro , '11, Frank V. Mondelli , '12, N. Jackson Pietsch , '13, James M. Preimesberger , '11, Alice R. Wong , '13, James Wright , '13

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From Parody To Simulacrum: Japanese Sf, Regionalism, And The Inauthentic In The Early Works Of Komatsu Sakyô And Tsutsui Yasutaka, William O. Gardner Jan 2010

From Parody To Simulacrum: Japanese Sf, Regionalism, And The Inauthentic In The Early Works Of Komatsu Sakyô And Tsutsui Yasutaka, William O. Gardner

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Researching A Vanished "Science Fiction City", William O. Gardner Oct 2009

Researching A Vanished "Science Fiction City", William O. Gardner

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"Beat Takeshi Vs. Takeshi Kitano" By C. Abe, Translated By William O. Gardner And T. Hori, C. Abe, William O. Gardner , Translator, T. Hori , Translator Jan 2005

"Beat Takeshi Vs. Takeshi Kitano" By C. Abe, Translated By William O. Gardner And T. Hori, C. Abe, William O. Gardner , Translator, T. Hori , Translator

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Attack Of The Phallic Girls: Review Of "Sentô Bishôjo No Seishin Bunseki" (Fighting Beauties: A Psychoanalysis) By S. Tamaki, William O. Gardner Nov 2002

Attack Of The Phallic Girls: Review Of "Sentô Bishôjo No Seishin Bunseki" (Fighting Beauties: A Psychoanalysis) By S. Tamaki, William O. Gardner

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