Jeanna Robb '12 will examine the literary implications of rapid modernization, first in England in the 18th century, and then in Japan in the 19th. "There is an extreme shift in the mentality of authors from both countries during industrialization, wherein celebrations of beauty and truth gave way to grim descriptions of everyday life," wrote the dual English and Japanese studies major, whose mentor will be Asian studies Prof. Eleanor Hogan.

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