ENGL 24131 - Japan in Fiction

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

Western writing about Japan over the past 350 years has tended to trivialize and stereotype the country and its people. The Japan described by American writers from 1800 to 1941 often revealed America's goals there and its self-image. Misconceptions about Japan abound in American fiction from 1942 on, but American attitudes are so shallowly rooted that they can be corrected if the will to do so is found. This course discusses images of Japan and Japanese people appearing primarily in works of American fiction. Students read selections from numerous novels and selected works of scholarship. The main purpose of the course is to supply readers with the skills necessary to analyze and, to some extent, deconstruct the ways in which popular writers constructed Japan and its people.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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