Massimiliano Tomasi

The Dilemma of Faith in Modern Japanese Literature

Metaphors of Christianity

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Produktbeschreibung

The first book-length study to explore the links between Christianity and modern Japanese literature, this book analyses the process of conversion of nine canonical authors, unveiling the influence that Christianity had on their self-construction, their oeuvre and, ultimately, the trajectory of modern Japanese literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780815378761
• ISBN-10: 0815378769
• Artikelnr.: 52526080

Autorenporträt

Massimiliano Tomasi is Professor of Japanese and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at Western Washington University. His publications include Rhetoric in Modern Japan: Western Influences on the Development of Narrative and Oratorical Style (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Introduction 1. Christianity and Modern Japanese Literature Part II Narratives of Conversion 2. Kitamura T
koku and the Celebration of the "Inner Life" 3. Shimazaki T
son and the Discovery of the Self 4. Kunikida Doppo: The Rejection of Self-Deception and the Paradox of Contrition 5. Masamune Hakuch
: The Fear of Death and the Cruelty of the Christian God 6. Arishima Takeo: The Problem of Sin and of the Inevitability of Fate 7. The Salvific Discourse of Akutagawa Ry
nosuke Part III Metaphors of Christianity 8. A Christology of the Self: The Case of Mushanok
ji Saneatsu 9. The Appropriation of Christianity in Narrative: Kinoshita Naoe's Hi no hashira and Nagayo Yoshir
's Seid
no kirisuto Epilogue