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Course Description

Summary

This advanced-level course is designed for students to learn about two prominent contemporary Japanese writers and analyze their work. Students are required to research each Japanese contemporary writer and analyze how their personal background is reflected in their work of fiction. Students will also examine how Japanese society is depicted in their work and how the writers give reality into their work in fiction. In this course, students will not only work with the original Japanese texts, but also they will read the translation of the two fictions by the contemporary Japanese writers. By examining the English translation of each work, students will learn translation techniques and theories. In the last half of the term, students are required to choose one short story by a Japanese contemporary writer (or students may choose their own Japanese text) and examine and translate his/her work.