Knowing the East: French and Western Modern Poets looking at Japan: readings
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Seiji Marukawa, Waseda University
Required reading - Some texts from P. Claudel’s Knowing the East, The Blackbird in the rising sun, A Hundred movements for a fun
- Excerpts from E. Fenollosa and E. Pound’s The Classic Noh theatre of Japan
- Excerpts from Basho’s Narrow road
(for these texts copy will be used)
Suggested reading E. Fenollosa, The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry
R. H. Blyth, The genius of Haiku
K, Yasuda, The Japanese Haiku
M. Ueda, Basho
D. Keene, Appreciation of Japanese Culture
J. Stanley-Baker, Japanese Art
