Japanese Children's Literature and the Discovery of the Child, with Joan Ericson

Date: July 9, 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 1:30-5:00 p.m.
Place: Doshisha Women's College (Imadegawa campus), James Hall, Kyoto
Access: Subway Imadegawa Station, walk east about 8 min.  Campus map (James Hall is No. 2)
Attendance fee: free of charge; all are welcome
Sponsored by the Doshisha Women's College English Department and Graduate School and SWET
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Professor of Japanese literature at Colorado College Joan Ericson, currently in Japan on sabbatical, will give an overview of the history of Japanese children's literature with special emphasis on early 20th century topics such as the uses of fables and folktales, Taisho literary magazines for children, proletarian children's literature, and the contributions of women writers that form the context of the genre today. The talk will be aimed at giving translators of children's literature a historical context for appreciation of their work.