Same as Asian Studies 321C. Explore a range of human-made conflicts and natural disasters in Japan from earliest times to the present through literature, film, and new media to consider questions of history, representation, and mourning and memorialization. Three lecture hours a week for one semeseter. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 321C, 361 (Topic: Representg Disaster in Jpn), Comparative Literature 323D. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.