Nishi Fate, Nature, and Literary Form

The Politics of the Tragic in Japanese Literature
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-64469-380-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Comparative Literature and Intellectual History

A theoretical reexamination of the concept of the “tragic” combined with detailed analyses of Japanese literary texts. Inspired by Western critical theory, the author unveils a rich tradition of tragic literature in Japan that has registered the unbridgeable gap between universal ideals and social values at a historical moment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nishi, Kinya

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
PrefacePart One: The Historical Development of the Tragic in Japanese Literature1. Approaching the Idea of Tragedy in the Non-West 2. Tragic Dramaturgy in Classical Japanese Theatera.) Zeami
b.) Chikamatsu Monzaemon3. Tragic Individualism in Modern Japanese Fictiona.) Natsume Soseki
b.) Oe KenzaburoPart Two: The Dialectics of Nature in Japanese Intellectual History4. The Dilemma of Multicultural Aesthetics5. Japanese Modernity and the Cultural Configuration of Naturea.) Naturalism and National Identity
b.) From Protest to Conformism
c.) The Return of the Mother in Postwar CriticismPart Three: Social Crisis and Literary Form6. Matsuo Basho’s Realism7. Hiroshima and the Poetics of Death8. Narrative after FukushimaBibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nishi Kinya:
Kinya Nishi is a professor of aesthetics and intellectual history at Konan University, Japan. He has published books and articles exploring the discursive formation of cultural tradition in the context of modern Japan. He has held visiting research positions at the University of Sussex and Queen Mary, University of London.Kinya Nishi is a professor of aesthetics and intellectual history at Konan University, Japan. He has published books and articles exploring the discursive formation of cultural tradition in the context of modern Japan. He has held visiting research positions at the University of Sussex and Queen Mary, University of London.