- L. Bienati, Letteratura giapponese. II. Dalla fine dell'Ottocento all'inizio del terzo millennio, Torino, Einaudi, 2005.
- L. Bienati e P. Scrolavezza, La narrativa giapponese moderna e contemporanea, Venezia, Marsilio, 2009.
- D. Keene, Down to the West, Japanese Literature of the Modern Era, New York, Columbia Univ. Press, 1984.
* Bibliography of individual authors will be provided during the course.
Learning Objectives
Acquirement of the skill of reading and textual analysis of the texts of modern authors
Prerequisites
Intermediate Japanese
Teaching Methods
Lecture and exercises
Further information
Other references will be introduced in class.
Type of Assessment
Paper and oral exam. The student must submit two papers that will be discussed during the orale exam.
Course program
The course makes reading and comments on the passages from the workes written by Japanese modern authors. A particular attention is payed to the language and the personal literary style of each author.