<p>Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: course 50. Examination of broad selection of popular fiction and theater from late 17th to early 19th century, with focus on theme of floating world (<em>ukiyo</em>) of entertainment, including pleasure quarters, theater district, and realm of fiction. Letter grading.</p>

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Fiction and Plays of Floating World

JAPAN 172

4 units