JPN 307 Intro. to Japanese Literature
Instructor: Stephen Kohl
303 Friendly Hall
kohl@oregon.uoregon.edu
346-4006
Office Hours: 11:00-12:00 MWF
and by appointment

Early Final – June 8th (Friday) 12-2 in Pacific Hall room 30.
Regular Final – June 14th (Thursday) 10:15 a.m. in the classroom.
Check the Review Sheet for studying.


Month Date Topic Reading and Announcements
April 2 Introduction and outline No discussion sections this week
4 Japan and World War II  
6 Dazai Osamu Packet - "Villon's Wife"
9 Dazai Osamu  
11 Hayashi Fumiko Packet - "Tokyo"
13 Hayashi Fumiko  
16 Kawabata Yasunari Novel - Snow Country
18 Kawabata Yasunari Extra credit paper due
20 Kawabata Yasunari  
23 Guest Lecture  
25 Kojima Nobuo Packet - "American School"
27 Kojima Nobuo  
30 Oe Kenzaburo Packet - "Prize Stock"
May 2 Oe Kenzaburo  
4 Midterm Exam  
7 Tanizaki Junichiro Novel - The Key
9 Tanizaki Junichiro Extra credit paper due
11 Tanizaki Junichiro  
14 Woman in the Dunes  
16 Woman in the Dunes  
18 Oba Minako Packet - "Three Crabs"
21 Oba Minako  
23 Tachihara Masaaki Novel - Wind and Stone
25 Tachihara Masaaki  
28 Memorial Day No discussion sections this week
30 Tachihara Masaaki  
June 1 Murakami Haruki Packet - "Second Bakery Attack"
4 Murakami Haruki  
6 Review  
8 Early Final Exam 12-2 p.m. in 30 Pacific
14 Thursday Final Exam (10:15 am)  

Last Update: June 6, 2001 -- Andrea Erickson
Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures    University of Oregon