The Literature of Location: Bilingual Reading in English and Japanese by Shibasaki Tomoka, with introduction by Kendall Heitzman (University of Iowa)

Akutagawa Prize-winning author Shibasaki Tomoka and University of Iowa’s Kendall Heitzman present a joint reading, in English and Japanese, of Shibasaki’s story Koko de koko de, (Right Here, Right Here). Shibasaki is a Japanese author from Osaka. Her debut novel, Kyō no dekigoto (A Day on the Planet, 2000) was adapted into film by Isao […]

Manga: History, Expansion, and Translation

  University of Oregon Department of Comparative Literature’s Andréa Gilroy, Director of Comic Studies, explains the fascinating art history of Japanese comics or Manga. Gilroy presents an in-depth study of the comic essentials and the theory of the genre, including: cultural traditions and gender norms, popular Japanese cartoon art and style, and narrative structures, and […]

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