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MWF 12:20pm-1:10pm Duane Physics G125
4 credits (3 credits Lecture + 1 credit Recitation)
Katherine Alexander 

An interdisciplinary introduction from ancient to modern times. Arts, literature, politics, social relations, religion, and material culture are studied in terms of significant themes and ideas pertaining to the civilization of China. Taught in English.

TTh 12:30pm-1:45pm Guggenheim Geography Bldg 2 
3 credits
Antje Richter

Explores the relationship between the worlds of women and the supernatural in Chinese literature, from ancient to modern times. Focuses on selected significant works of classical and vernacular fiction, religious texts, and poetry. Taught in English. Recommended prerequisite: CHIN 1012 or CHIN 1051. Recommended restrictions: for students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

MWF 2:30pm-3:20pm Eaton Humanities Bldg 1B80 
3 credits
Nidhi Arya

Explores the rich history of the imagination of the samurai in Japan, across multiple genres of fiction, poetry, drama, visual art, and cinema, from earliest times to the present. Attention is given to the varied meanings the image of the samurai has held at different historical moments, and to contrasts between the representations of the realities of samurai life.

MW 3:35pm-4:50pm University Club 13
3 credits
Keller Kimbrough

Examines the fusion of literary and visual arts in twelfth- to nineteenth-century Japan, focusing on illustrated handscrolls and narrative paintings. Students will explore tales of monsters, samurai, fantastic journeys to other worlds, anthropomorphic animals, and the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century precursors of contemporary Japanese comics. This course seeks to analyze visual-literary texts in their historical contexts as both literature and art. Taught in English.

TTh 11am-12:15pm Clare Small Arts and Sciences 208
3 credits
Daryl Maude

Examines the genres of fantasy and sci-fi across Japanese media, including literature, film, anime, and manga. We will consider what the Japanese speculative imagination about different worlds can teach us, and consider subgenres of cyberpunk, space opera, mythological fantasy, cli-fi, and feminist speculation. Taught in English.

MW 3:35pm-4:50pm Eaton Humanities Bldg 1B70
3 credits
Yumiko Matsunaga

Designed to teach Japanese with emphasis on using Japanese for professional purposes. The course aims to foster the skills and the knowledge of effective cross-cultural and interpersonal communication in Japanese and to develop intercultural competence in business contexts. Recommended prerequisite: JPNS 3110.

TTh 9:30am-10:45am Ketchum Arts & Sciences Bldg 1B60
3 credits
Keller Kimbrough 

Surveys some of the major works of medieval Japanese literature from the Kamakura and Muromachi periods (1185-1600), with a special emphasis on the great 14th-century Genpei War epic, The Tale of the Heike.