Joy Nascimento Afonso

Graduated in Letters - Portuguese and Japanese from Universidade Estadual Paulista - Unesp/Assis (2004), master's degree in Japanese Language, Literature and Culture from the University of São Paulo (2011) with emphasis on Modern Japanese Literature, in which he analyzes the novel "Eu I'm a cat" by Natsume Sôseki. Later, he completed the Specialization Course in Teaching and Learning of Japanese Language as a Foreign Language (2012) at the University of São Paulo. PhD at UNESP-Assis with emphasis on the area of Comparative Literature, in which she approached as the theme of her thesis the classic Japanese women's diaries and their influence on contemporary works, focusing on short story collection "Latin America: betrayal and other trips" (2000), by Banana Yoshimoto. The professor is assigned to the Department of Modern Letters, teaching in the Graduation course in Letters, teaching the subjects of Japanese language and literature, developing research in the areas of literature by women and modern Japanese literature. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)