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X-WR-CALNAME:Gnashed Teeth and Gnawed Navels: the Poetry of Activists and M
 artyrs in Nineteenth Century Japan 
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DESCRIPTION:A talk by Matthew Fraleigh (Brandeis University). During the tu
 multuous mid-nineteenth century\, as Japan faced foreign incursions and do
 mestic upheaval\, politically-minded youths took action\, challenging the 
 authorities\, decrying government policies\, and occasionally launching vi
 olent attacks. Though these young men (and a few women) had a wide range o
 f loyalties and orientations\, they shared a political fervor that often f
 ound expression in traditional verse forms. Activists used both Sinitic po
 ems kanshi and Japanese language waka to declare their intentions\, exploi
 ting distinctive features of each form. This talk examines the field of ac
 tivist poetry in late Tokugawa Japan and its afterlives in the Meiji era a
 nd beyond. In particular it considers the circulation of such poetry\, the
  process by which certain activist works became canonized\, and how this b
 ody of poetry was used for later historiographical ends.\n\nFlyer\n\nMatth
 ew Fraleigh is Associate Professor of East Asian Literature and Culture an
 d chair of the Program in East Asian Studies. His research concerns the li
 terature of early modern and modern Japan\, especially kanshibun (Sinitic 
 poetry and prose). For a full bio\, please click here.
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LOCATION:Doheny Memorial Library (DML)\, East Asian Seminar Room (110C)
SUMMARY:Gnashed Teeth and Gnawed Navels: the Poetry of Activists and Martyr
 s in Nineteenth Century Japan 
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 s_the_poetry_of_activists_and_martyrs_in_nineteenth_century
CATEGORIES:Lecture / Talk / Workshop
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