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James Dorsey, originally from New York, has been at Dartmouth since 1997.

Education

Ph. D., Japanese Language and Literature. University of Washington, Seattle, WA (1997).

Dissertation title: "The Intersection of Aesthetics and Ideology: The Criticism of Kobayashi Hideo, 1927-1945."

M.A., Japanese Language and Literature. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1992).

B.A. , Philosophy/Religion, minor in East Asian Studies, Japan. Colgate University, Hamilton, NY (1983).


Research Interests
  • Modern Japanese literary criticism and thought
  • Modern Japanese fiction
  • Noh drama
  • Literary theory
  • Intellectual history

Teaching at Dartmouth
  • AMEL 07: First Year Seminar
  • AMEL 81: Topics in Japanese Literature
  • AMEL 63:
  • Japanese 4: