Entries tagged with ‘Japanese’
Students in Gustavus East Asian Literatures class write fall haikus
Photo credit: “A Touch of Light” by EJP Photos/ Students in Professor Lianying Shan’s Introduction to East Asian Literatures class went on a Haiku outing in the Gustavus arboretum on October 1st during the height of fall colors. Each student composed one or more haikus based on his or her experience. As a form, the […]
Introduction to East Asian Literatures class reads “Memoirs of a Geisha”
In Professor Lianying Shan’s First Term Seminar “Introduction to East Asian Literatures in English Translation,” students are studying Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha. Students enjoy reading the story, but they are also raising important and challenging questions about the injustice of romanticizing women’s subjugation, as well about Western fantasies of the geisha.
The MLC Blog
Dear professors and students of Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures: We need your help. Jeremy Robinson (Culpeper Center) and I are revamping the MLC web site. The new site will host this blog, where we will post news about the department: our students, our alums, our course projects, faculty research, and community news. But we […]