1. Envisioning Literary Modernity through Translation: Futabatei Shimei and the Formation of Modern Literary Discourse in 1880s–1910s Japan Ishida, Yuki 2022 Theses Japanese literatureRussian literatureNineteenth centurySino-Japanese War (1894-1895)Futabatei, Shimei, 1864-1909Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883
2. Enchanted Texts: Japanese Literature Between Religion and Science, 1890-1950 Rogers, Joshua 2020 Theses Japanese literatureReligion and scienceMetaphysics in literatureLiterature, ModernKitamura, Tōkoku, 1868-1894Mori, Ōgai, 1862-1922Natsume, Sōseki, 1867-1916
3. Battle in the Village: Literature and the Fight for the Japanese Countryside (1910-1938) Walker, Jeffrey Tyler 2019 Theses East Asian literatureJapanese literatureRural conditions in literatureVillages
4. Loyalty, Filial Piety, and Multiple “Chinas” in the Japanese Cultural Imagination, 12th – 16th Centuries Zhang, Chi 2019 Theses Japanese literatureChinese literatureJapanese literature--Chinese influencesFilial piety in literatureLoyalty
5. Rewriting the Past: Reception and Commentary of Nihon shoki, Japan's First Official History Felt, Matthieu Anthony James 2017 Theses Japanese literatureHistoryMythology, JapaneseNihon shoki
6. Adjusting to the Times: Kanagaki Robun, Gesaku Rhetoric, and the Production of Modern Japanese Literature Woolley, Charles Edward Zebulon 2016 Theses Japanese literaturePopular literatureJapanese literature--Meiji periodLiteratureKanagaki, Robun, 1829-1894Tsubouchi, Shōyō, 1859-1935
7. Urban Fictions of Early Modern Japan: Identity, Media, Genre Gaubatz, Thomas Martin 2016 Theses City dwellersJapanese literatureJapanese--Social conditionsGroup identityHistoryEjima, Kiseki, 1667-1736Nippon eitaigura (Ihara, Saikaku)Ukiyoburo (Shikitei, Sanba)Ukiyodoko (Shikitei, Sanba)
8. Cultivated Madness: Aesthetics, Psychology and the Value of the Author in Early 20th-Century Japan Pitarch Fernandez, Pau 2015 Theses Japanese literatureLiterature, ModernComparative literatureAuthorship
9. Learning with Waka Poetry: Transmission and Production of Social Knowledge and Cultural Memory in Premodern Japan Stilerman, Ariel 2015 Theses Poetry--Social aspectsJapanese poetryJapanese literatureWakaCollective memory
10. Prostitutes, Stepmothers, and Provincial Daughters: Women and Joruri Puppet Plays in 18th Century Japan Takai, Shiho 2015 Theses JōruriStepmothersDaughtersProstitutesPuppet playsJapanese literature