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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/hey-dad-what-is-modernism-to-y
 ou-after-all/
SUMMARY:Hey\, Dad\, what is modernism to you after all?
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies an
 d the Asia Center\n\nIn-person talk – Seating is limited. Masks are requ
 ired for all audience members.\n\nA few years ago\, my son asked me\, "Hey
 \, Dad\, what is modernism?" Then\, I began to answer his question by summ
 arizing the definition and history of modernism. But he didn't seem so hap
 py\, and I felt something wrong. I know that was because he unconsciously 
 asked me a more fundamental question\, not just a short lecture. Maybe he 
 wanted to say\, "Hey\, Dad\, what is modernism to you after all?"\n\nIn th
 is talk\, I try to answer his other question in terms of modern Japanese l
 iterature and comparative literature. We can define modernism as the innov
 ative trends of literature and art from the late 19th to early 20th centur
 ies\, especially between the 1920s and 1930s. However\, new modernist stud
 ies have recently expanded the time axis from before the 19th century unti
 l now. In addition\, the target area has grown from the conventional cente
 r of Europe and the United States to the entire world in Africa\, Latin Am
 erica\, South Asia\, etc. In the context of this "global modernism\," an u
 rgent question facing me concerns just how I position my research on "Japa
 nese modernism" and "East Asian modernism." I have to catch up with these 
 trends and answer my urgent question\, but it may be the same thing to thi
 nk about my question and my son's. This time will be the dialogue between 
 research life and daily life.
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
LOCATION:Common Room (#136)\, 2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, United S
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