Seminar: The Boy and the Heron
In this seminar Professor Susan Napier of Tufts University will explore how Miyazaki “out-gothics the Gothic” in his most recent film.
The Boy and the Heron is a magical, boundary crossing work that tells a story of Gothic adventure in which light and shadow mingle to illuminate one of the director’s most personal and powerful fantasies.
About the Instructor
Professor Susan Napier has taught at Tufts University since 2006 and is the author of five books on Japanese culture and anime, most recently Miyazakiworld: A Life in Art, focusing on the films of Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of the famed Studio Ghibli. Professor Napier's research interests include gender issues, Green and Blue Humanities, history and theory of animation, Japanese animation (anime) and comics (manga), modern Japanese literature, and popular culture, especially science fiction and fantasy.
