AMES3265W: The Fantastic in East Asia: Ghosts, Foxes, and the Alien
3 CreditsEnvironmentEthical and Civic ResponsibilityLiteratureWriting Intensive
How the strange/alien is constructed in premodern Chinese/Japanese literature. East Asian theories of the strange and their role in the classical tale, through the works of Pu Songling, Edo-era storytellers, and others. Role of Buddhist cosmology and salvation.prereq: Some coursework in East Asia recommended