As a part of the EALC Thesis Panel “Imagining Women in East Asian Literature and Art” Kerry Walker will present on her thesis “Multilingual Dreams and Exophonic Realities: Lessons from Tawada Yōko’s Essay ‘Capetown’ in Her Story ‘Cinema of the Night,’” an integrative analysis of a Japanese and a German language text from the exophonic author Tawada Yōko. This thesis aims to isolate major themes regarding multilingualism present in her Japanese essay “Capetown,” and consequently highlight how they function in her German short story “Cinema of the Night.” Professor Kimberly Kono is the faculty advisor for this project, and Professor Yuri Kumagai is the second reader.
Presentation deriving from senior honors thesis with Kim Kono, professor of Japanese language & literature.