Its collective approach not only broadens the understanding of Japan’s modern literary landscape but also demonstrates the dynamic and evolving nature of the field, making it a valuable resource for scholars and students alike.
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"Modern Japanese Literary Studies" is now available to read online! This interdisciplinary volume explores new directions in modern Japanese literature from 16 scholars. Start reading: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
Grading: I am finding that "This statement indicates" is actually a great indication that the coming supposed disentangling statement about the "this statement" was not written by a human. It's almost like someone at openai was listening to the early critique that ai can't close read.
I should add that this is a companion piece to our new book which is also now available in open access format... but please buy a copy if you can afford it: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...
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Hey Dissertators! Pick a topic you love. Such obvious advice , but it doesn’t hurt to repeat. Here’s my story.
www.rebecca-copeland.com/pick-a-topic...
just in time for #aas2026 I wanted to post a link to my state of the field (of modern Japanese literature) essay updated from 2018 with more data: jabeljabel.github.io/japanese-lit.... For those interested in the AAS data specifically... jabeljabel.github.io/japanese-lit...
Deadline very soon! (Feb 15) but if you are interested let me know and we can extend...
Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971)
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The beta version of a long running digital project is available for checking out here: jabeljabel.github.io/cinemapjbeta... Let me know if you have corrections or things you like to see visualized. A more polished version will be out soon on the Japan Past and Present site. #cinemap
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Introduction: Stating the Field, Seth Jacobowitz and Jonathan E. Abel Part I: Negotiating Disciplinary Formation 1. Between the Margins and the Mainstream: Modern Japanese Women Writers and Evolving Trends in North American Japanese Literature Scholarship, Rebecca Copeland 2. The Inclusion of Okinawa in Japanese Literary Studies, Davinder Bhowmik 3. Do Black Lives Still Matter to Japanese Literary Studies? William H. Bridges IV 4. Ecocritical Precedent, Present, and Possibility in Japanese Literary Studies, Jonathan L. Pitt 5. Comixing Frameworks: Rethinking the Euro-American Critical Paradigm from the Perspective of Manga Studies, Adam Kern 6. Approaches to Researching and Teaching Manga as Literature, Deborah Shamoon Part II. The Question of Language 7. World Literature and Japanese-Language Literature, Hideto Tsuboi 8. The History and Present of Japanophone Literature: Migration, Border Crossing, and Materiality, Hibi Yoshitaka 9. Modern Japanese Literature and Sinitic Literary Traditions, Matthew Fraleigh 10. Literature and the Cultural Politics of Immigration: Between Lee Hoesung and Yang Yi in the “Era of the Immigrant,” YoungRan Kō (trans. Seth Jacobowitz) 11. Translation and the Crisis of Relevancy in Japanese Studies, Jeffrey Angles Part III: Institutional Responses to the Field 12. The Many What-ifs of Literary Urbanism: A European Perspective, Gala Maria Follaco 13. The Problem of Scale in Japanese Literary Studies, John Whittier Treat 14. Signposts for the Non-Specialist: Thoughts on a Renewed View of the State of Modern Japanese Literary Studies, Christopher Lupke
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I didn’t do the translation this time, but I edited everything and I’ve got an essay in there.
Anne, it was either that or “…stick a fork in it.”
百年使われた道具は付喪神になる。まさか俺がそんなものになるとは。そもそも同じパソコンを百年も使う人間がいるなんて普通思わないだろ。百年保つパソコンの方もどうかしている。俺だが。そして俺は半ば滅びかけの人類と銀河にはばたく機械たちの橋渡しを受け持つことになったのである。 #140字小説
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Student film version of the classic by Edogawa Ranpo and maybe creepier than the original: youtube.com/watch?v=rbbE...
Because our sense of imagination about the future is stuck with George Jettson.
