This course provides an introduction to modern Japanese literature through the reading of a selection of representative texts in translation. Each week we will look at one significant work of Japanese ...

The wild time of civil wars, of clans sharing a fragmented medieval Japan. Wild? Not quite. In a paradox typical of Japan’s complex history, it was marked by the simultaneous emergence of what, to ...

This article delves into the origins of swear words, tracing their historical journey and exploring examples of how they ...

She started writing a work of pure literature, something that she had long admired, but gave up. She then turned to light novels, a popular Japanese genre of young adult entertainment books ...

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands promotes Dutch literature in Japan. We do this by joining the European Literature Festival. As part of this festival we invite writers, publishers, ...

Capital's patriotic fervour refuses to die down as Delhiites flock to the Red Fort grounds to get a taste of India's rich cultural heritage at Bharat Parv.

The literature prize has long faced criticism that it is too focused on European and North American writers of style-heavy, story-light prose. It has also been male-dominated — Han is only the ...

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