JAPAN 421 - Japanese Literature Through Text and Film

Units: 3

Prerequisite(s): JAPAN 312 or JAPAN 322.

Japanese literature from earliest times to present. Major works of modern Japanese fiction as a literary genre and their cinematic interpretation.

Note: Taught in Japanese. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Japanese course taught in Japanese. Native speakers of Japanese or students whose placement test results demonstrate educated native or near-native fluency will not receive credit for JAPAN 311, JAPAN 312, JAPAN 321, JAPAN 322, JAPAN 411, JAPAN 412, JAPAN 421, JAPAN 422, and JAPAN 480.