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Translating Japanese Literature
What do you do when your professor tells you to find and translate a Japanese short story that hasn't already been translated into English?
This is a collection of modern Japanese authors. It will include a range of materials, from poems and short stories, to novels and essays. Each volume is devoted to one or more authors.
Shin Nihon koten bungaku taikei 新日本古典文学大系
Call Number: East Asian PL753 .S5
100 vol. set of classical Japanese literature.
Sengo tanpen shosetsu no saihakken 戦後短編小説の再発見
Call Number: Smith College East Asian PL775 .S45 2001
This is an 18 vol. set. Volumes are divided by topic: love, sex, humorous, nature, etc.
Collections by Gender/Nationality
Josei Sakka Shirizu 女性作家シリーズ
Call Number: Smith College East Asian PL756.W6 J67 1997
This is a series.
Senjika no josei bungaku 戦時下の女性文学
Call Number: Smith College East Asian PL755.65 .S436 2002
18 vol. set of women's literature during the Sino-Japanese War.
Nihon shokuminchi bungaku seisenshū 日本植民地文学精選集
Call Number: Smith College East Asian PL888 .N53 2000
This is a large set subdivided by country: Korea, Taiwan, Manchuria.
Books in the Browsing Collection (22nd floor)
中学生までに読んでおきたい日本文学
Call Number: UM East Asian Ref. Room Read Japanese / PL775 .C484