Human Hair Sweaters And Fake Pregnancy – Originality And Radicalness Of Japanese Literature

A Lecture By Prof. Dr. Lisette GEBHARDT

Originality and radicalness are characteristics of contemporary Japanese literature. One current example is Sayaka MURATA, whose writings often inspire surprise or even disgust among non-Japanese audiences. In her lecture, Prof. Dr. Lisette GEBHARDT (Japanology Frankfurt) explores aesthetic transgressions in Japanese literature.