556. Premodern East Asia in/and the World Literature Canon

Saturday, 11 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., Superior A, Sheraton Chicago

Program arranged by the Division on East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900

Presiding: Charlotte Eubanks, Penn State Univ., University Park

1. “The Canon of Songs and World Literature,” Alexander Beecroft, Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia

2. “World Literature as the Tale of Genji,” Michael Emmerich, Univ. of California, Los Angeles

3. “Echoes of Sanskrit: Form, Content, and World Literature in Tang Dynasty Regulated Verse,” Lucas Klein, Univ. of Hong Kong