- What is modernity? What is traditional? What is traditional Japan? What are traditional Japanese values? Where do these values come from? How are these works addressing modernity? What role is Western culture playing in Japan? What might modernity ask us to sacrifice? How are gender roles explicated in these
works? What are some values expressed in these works? What are some social challenges these works pose? - What is postwar? How are these works addressing postwar? What role is Western/ American culture playing in Japan? How might values of Japan v. West be balanced? What might postwar ask us to sacrifice? How are gender roles explicated in these works? What are some values expressed in these works? How were social challenges posed in society? What are some social challenges these works pose?