Melek Ortabasi
Areas of interest
Modern Japanese and German literatures
Education
- BA in Comparative Literature (University of California, Berkeley)
- MA, PhD in Comparative Literature (University of Washington)
Biography
Melek Ortabasi teaches World Literature courses that are often informed by her research interests: translation theory and practice, popular culture and transnationalism, and internationalism in children鈥檚 literature.
Expertise
Melek Ortabasi specializes in modern Japanese and German literatures and popular culture. Her book, The Undiscovered Country: Text, Translation and Modernity in the Work of Yanagita Kunio, was published in 2014 by Harvard University Asia Center. She is currently working on a book manuscript on transnationalism and modern Japanese children's literature, tentatively entitled "A World of Friends: The Transnational Story of Modern Japanese Children's Literature."
Courses
This instructor is currently not teaching any courses.