Read Japanese Literature

41 Episodes

1. Sexlessness in Japanese Fiction

   Published: 13/02/2023
2. The Akutagawa Prize and Kobo Abe

   Published: 27/01/2023
3. Japanese Magical Realism

   Published: 06/01/2023
4. Cats in Japanese Literature

   Published: 28/11/2022
5. The Smile of the Mountain Witch

   Published: 25/10/2022
6. Writing about Japan's "Have-Nots"

   Published: 22/09/2022
7. Translating Japanese Women

   Published: 01/09/2022
8. Banana and the Bubble

   Published: 23/08/2022
9. Literature of Change in the 1960s—Mishima and Oe

   Published: 14/08/2022
10. Japanese Literature in WWII

    Published: 12/07/2022
11. The I-Novel, Osamu Dazai, and No Longer Human

    Published: 23/06/2022
12. Taisho Magazines and Akutagawa’s Vision of Hell

    Published: 31/05/2022
13. The Women Writers of Meiji Japan

    Published: 06/05/2022
14. Meiji Literature and Japan’s Most Famous Literary Cat

    Published: 13/04/2022
15. Kaidan—Japan’s Ghost Stories

    Published: 26/02/2022
16. High and Low Literature in Edo Japan

    Published: 08/02/2022
17. Setsuwa and Medieval Japanese Buddhism

    Published: 13/01/2022
18. Yoshitsune Ballads and Tomoe Drama

    Published: 21/12/2021
19. The Tale of the Heike

    Published: 04/12/2021
20. The Tale of Genji

    Published: 06/10/2021