Read Japanese Literature

42 Episodes

1. Fukushima Fiction

   Published: 3/6/2023
2. Sexlessness in Japanese Fiction

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

   Published: 1/27/2023
4. Japanese Magical Realism

   Published: 1/6/2023
5. Cats in Japanese Literature

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

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

   Published: 9/22/2022
8. Translating Japanese Women

   Published: 9/1/2022
9. Banana and the Bubble

   Published: 8/23/2022
10. Literature of Change in the 1960s—Mishima and Oe

    Published: 8/14/2022
11. Japanese Literature in WWII

    Published: 7/12/2022
12. The I-Novel, Osamu Dazai, and No Longer Human

    Published: 6/23/2022
13. Taisho Magazines and Akutagawa’s Vision of Hell

    Published: 5/31/2022
14. The Women Writers of Meiji Japan

    Published: 5/6/2022
15. Meiji Literature and Japan’s Most Famous Literary Cat

    Published: 4/13/2022
16. Kaidan—Japan’s Ghost Stories

    Published: 2/26/2022
17. High and Low Literature in Edo Japan

    Published: 2/8/2022
18. Setsuwa and Medieval Japanese Buddhism

    Published: 1/13/2022
19. Yoshitsune Ballads and Tomoe Drama

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

    Published: 12/4/2021