Topic 2:

Ryouzan Kubota: Fujo no Gyokushou
[Letter-Writing for Ladies] (1901)

The Haiku Diary:
Techniques of Framing & Assemblage

Themes:
1. The Monogatari Tradition
   Primary Text:
   • Sei Shōnagon: from The Pillow Book (1002)
   Critical Text:
   • Donald Keene: from Travelers of a Hundred Ages: The Japanese as Revealed Through 1,000 Years of Diaries (1989)


2. When is a Diary Not a Diary?
   Primary Texts:
   • Kathy Acker: "A Journey to the End of the Night." In Blood and Guts in High School (1984)
   • Olivia Macassey: “The Uncanny Truth about Abelard" (2002)

Author Pages:

1. Kathy Acker (1947-1997)


2. Donald Keene (1922- )


3. Olivia Macassey (1975- )


4. Sei Shōnagon (c.966–1017)

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Peter Edwards:
Peter Reading: Poet

The Monogatari Tradition

Anthology Readings [pp.153-69]:

• Sei Shōnagon: from The Pillow Book (1002)
• Donald Keene: from Travelers of a Hundred Ages: The Japanese as Revealed Through 1,000 Years of Diaries (1989)

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Graham Lindsay
(Photograph: Bill Lindsay)

When is a Diary Not a Diary?

Anthology Readings [pp.89-106]:

• Kathy Acker: "A Journey to the End of the Night." In Blood and Guts in High School (1984)
• Olivia Macassey: “The Uncanny Truth about Abelard" (2002)

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