Topics vary. May be taken multiple times for credit if topic is different. Topic for Fall 2024: Contemporary Japanese Fiction. Explores the deep world of Japanese contemporary fiction as it wrestles with themes of alienation, dystopia, fantasy, and women’s empowerment. Includes short works by current writers, including intertextual references to works from Murakami to anime. Class is taught in English.

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