Research Bio
Alan Tansman earned his A.B. from Columbia University in East Asian Studies, his M.S.J. from the School of Journalism at Columbia,and the M.A., M. Phil, and Ph.D. from Yale University in Japanese literature. His specialization is modern Japanese literature and culture. His research interests include the relationship between aesthetics and politics, Japanese and Jewish responses to atrocity, and literary history.
Research Expertise and Interest
Modern Japanese Literature, literary and cultural theory, aesthetics and politics, Comparative Responses to Violence, literary history
Teaching
Independent Study [JAPAN 199]
Seminar in Prewar Japanese Literature [JAPAN 255]
Directed Study for Graduate Students [JAPAN 298]
Thesis Preparation and Related Research [JAPAN 299]
Japanese Culture Across Texts and Media [JAPAN 7C]
Form and Formlessness: Practices and Theories of Meaning [EALANG 144]
Supervised Independent Study for Advanced Undergraduates [FILM 199]
Modern Japanese Literature [JAPAN 155]
Directed Study for Graduate Students [JAPAN 298]
Thesis Preparation and Related Research [JAPAN 299]
Honors Course [COMLIT H195]
The Art of Writing: Writing the Limits of Empathy [EALANG 125]
Topics in East Asian Studies [EALANG 204]
Directed Group Study [JAPAN 198]
Directed Study for Graduate Students [JAPAN 298]
Thesis Preparation and Related Research [JAPAN 299]