THE PALM OF BEAUTY: INTERMEDIAL RENDERING IN KAWABATA YASUNARI'S (1899-1972) TANAGOKORO NO SHŌSETSU (1921-1972)

This manuscript was written as the final paper for Professor Andrew Jones's graduate seminar EA 204 – Jones 2019 Fall EALANG 204 001 Topics in East Asian Studies. This course provides a place for graduate-level seminars in East Asian Studies that rely primarily on secondary scholarship and texts in translation. Contents will vary between semesters but will typically focus on a particular theme. Themes will be chosen according to faculty and student interests, with an eye toward introducing students to the breadth of available western scholarship on that subject, from classics in the field to the latest publications