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Department of Asian Languages and Literature
Japanese Literary & Cultural Studies at UW
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Curriculum Vitae
Current Courses
Upcoming Courses
Past Courses
Upcoming Events

An Edo Period booklender ("Nidaime Sanjô Kantarô" by Nishimura Shigenaga, ca.1716-36)
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Research interests: Modern Japanese-language prose; art in capitalist marketplaces; the flow of literary works throughout the larger Japanese linguistic community; the function of power in the literary field; and theories of diaspora and heterogeneity, particularly as they challenge culturalist concepts of national identity.
Current projects: My forthcoming book, Manufacturing Modern Japanese Literature: Anthologies, Awards, and the Ascription of Literary Value (Duke University Press), focuses on the relationship between literature and the publishing industry. My current project examines the role of literature in the Japanese diaspora, with a particular focus on Brazil, focusing on the production and consumption of literary texts from both Tokyo and São Paulo. |
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Seattle's Taishôdô, ca. 1935 |

Detail from a handbill for an Osaka bookstore, late Edo period ("Hon'ya Yasubê hikifuda")
Upcoming Courses (tentative):
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Summer 2008 |
Honors A&S 262
Self and Other:
Alterity and Japanese Literature, Film, Anime
Term B
MTWTh 9:40-11:50
MGH 206 |
ASIAN 205: Literature and Culture of Modern Japan
Modern Japanese Literature, Film, and Anime
Term B
MTWThF 1:10-3:20
SMI 311 |
Fall 2008 |
JAPAN 431: Advanced Reading Comprehension
Contemporary Short Fiction (Authors TBA)
MWF 12:30-1:50
MOR 226 |
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Spring 2009 |
JAPAN 460: Advanced Reading Comprehension
Japanese-language Literature in Brazil (postwar)
MWF 12:30-1:50 |
JAPAN 533: Modern Japanese Literature Seminar
Topic TBA
TTh 1:30-3:20 |

A bookseller circa 1690 ("Edo sôganoko meisho taizen" by Hishikawa Moronobu, ca. 1690)
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Past Courses
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JAPAN 590: Modern Japanese Literature Seminar
(crosslisted as Honors A&S 397)
Literature and Diaspora:
Japanese Fiction in Brazil
Winter 2008 |
JAPAN 322: Japanese Literature II
Early Modern Japanese Literature, 1600-1900
Winter 2008 |
JAPAN 431: Advanced Reading Comprehension
Koike Mariko, Kakuta Mitsuyo, and Aoyama Shinji
Autumn 2007 |
JAPAN 323: Japanese Literature III
Modern Japanese Literature, 1868-today
Spring 2007 |
JAPAN 360: Special Topics in Japanese Literature
Righteous Violence: Power, Justice, and the East
with Professor Chris Hamm
Winter 2007 |
JAPAN 432: Advanced Reading Comprehension
Ikuta Sayo, Shigematsu Kiyoshi, and Shôno Yoriko
Winter 2007 |
JAPAN 531: Modern Japanese Literature Seminar
Literary Debates and The Ascription of Value
Autumn 2006 |
JAPAN 431: Advanced Reading Comprehension
Levy Hideo, Nakashima Taiko, and Ikuta Sayo
Autumn 2006 |
JAPAN 433: Advanced Reading Comprehension
Ogawa Yôko and Horie Toshiyuki
Spring 2006 |
JAPAN 533: Modern Japanese Literature Seminar
The Taishô Literary Scene
with Professor Kôno Kensuke
Spring 2006 |
JAPAN 360/ASIAN 498:
Citizen, Subject, Traitor: The Paradox of National(ist) Literature
with Professor Scott Swaner
Winter 2006 |
JAPAN 322: Japanese Literature II
Early Modern Japanese Literature, 1600-1900
Winter 2006 |
JAPAN 323: Japanese Literature III
Modern Japanese Literature, 1868-today
Spring 2005 |
JAPAN 531: Modern Japanese Literature Seminar
Nihongo bungaku: Japanese (Language) Literature
Autumn 2004
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JAPAN 431: Advanced Reading Comprehension
Murakami Haruki's After Dark
Autumn 2004
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JAPAN 533: Modern Japanese Literature Seminar
Co-taught with Professor RIMBARA Sumio
(Kobe University)
The Golden Demon:
Ozaki Kôyô's Konjiki yasha and
Oguri Fûyô's Konjiki yasha (shûhen)
Spring 2004 |
JAPAN 433: Advanced Reading Comprehension
Kanehara Hitomi's "Hebi ni piasu"
Spring 2004 |
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JAPAN 322: Japanese Literature II
Early Modern Japanese Literature, 1600-1900
Winter 2004 |
JAPAN 532: Modern Japanese Literature Seminar
Banned Books: Literary Censorship in Imperial Japan
Winter 2004 |
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JAPAN 460: Readings in Japanese Popular Culture
Contemporary Film, Anime, and Art:
Akasegawa Genpei, Satô Tadao, and Miyadai Shinji
Spring 2003 |
JAPAN 433: Advanced Reading Comprehension
Okamatsu Kazuo, Adachi Chika, and Chino Yukiko
Spring 2003 |
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JAPAN 322: Japanese Literature II
Early Modern Japanese Literature, 1600-1900
Winter 2003 |
JAPAN 531: Modern Japanese Literature Seminar
The Early Akutagawa Prizes, 1935-1941
Autumn 2002 |
The Department of Asian Languages and Literature will be welcoming a number of Japan-related speakers in 2007-08. Please see the Department's announcements page for more information.
Spring 2008: NISHINO Haruo, Director of the Institute of Nôgaku Studies at Hôsei University, will be joining us as our fifth Visiting Japanese Scholar in Japanese Literature and Culture.
The Association for Japanese Literary Studies thirteenth annual meeting, "Landscapes Imagined and Remembered," was held 22-24 October 2004 at the University of Washington.
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For more events, see the Department's events calendar. |
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Send mail to: tmack@u.washington.edu
Last modified:
May 5, 2008
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