Location
HSSB 4020
Host/s
Sponsored by Koichi Takashima Chair, East Asia Center, and Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
David C. Atherton specializes in the literature of early modern Japan. His book Writing Violence: The Politics of Form in Early Modern Japanese Literature was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2024. He is currently writing a new book on early modern conceptions of authorship.
Focusing on depictions of violence, this talk will demonstrate how a new approach to analyzing form in Edo-period literature (1600-1867) can help us better understand the relationship between early modern literary works and the social and political world beyond their pages.