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March 2025  Candidate  Standard Module
Mixed Lecture/Discussion • Low intensity
Sei Shōnagon 清少納言 is a major writer of the Heian period (794-1185) whose Makura no Sōshi 枕草子 (The Pillow Book) has intrigued and delighted reading audiences for centuries. Colorful, witty, incisive, charming, thoughtful, melancholy, poetic---these qualities and more characterize this diary of the famous lady of the court. Join us as we read this text in-depth and place it within the frame of the flow of Japanese culture and history.

Required Texts

The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon by Ivan Morris (ISBN ‎0231073372).
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