The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature
Title | The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Haruo Shirane |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | |
Release | 2015-12-31 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1316368289 |
The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature provides, for the first time, a history of Japanese literature with comprehensive coverage of the premodern and modern eras in a single volume. The book is arranged topically in a series of short, accessible chapters for easy access and reference, giving insight into both canonical texts and many lesser known, popular genres, from centuries-old folk literature to the detective fiction of modern times. The various period introductions provide an overview of recurrent issues that span many decades, if not centuries. The book also places Japanese literature in a wider East Asian tradition of Sinitic writing and provides comprehensive coverage of women's literature as well as new popular literary forms, including manga (comic books). An extensive bibliography of works in English enables readers to continue to explore this rich tradition through translations and secondary reading.
Traditional Japanese Literature
Title | Traditional Japanese Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Haruo Shirane |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 601 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0231157304 |
Traditional Japanese Literature features a rich array of works dating from the very beginnings of the Japanese written language through the evolution of Japan's noted aristocratic court and warrior cultures. It contains stunning new translations of such canonical texts as The Tales of the Heike as well as works and genres previously ignored by scholars and unknown to general readers.
Breaking Into Japanese Literature
Title | Breaking Into Japanese Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Giles Murray |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Japanese language |
ISBN | 9781568364155 |
This is a graded reader for Japanese literature. There are 7 stories, 4 by Soseki and 3 by Akutagawa, representing 3 different reading levels. In each case the story is presented in Japanese and English with a running dictionary of terms used. An audio version of the stories is available as MP3 files on the Internet.
The Pleasures of Japanese Literature
Title | The Pleasures of Japanese Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Keene |
Publisher | Companions to Asian Studies Series |
Pages | 133 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780231067379 |
Introduces Japanese culture, and discusses the aesthetics, poetry, fiction, and theater of Japan
Kafka on the Shore
Title | Kafka on the Shore PDF eBook |
Author | Haruki Murakami |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 481 |
Release | 2006-01-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1400079276 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and one of the world’s greatest storytellers comes "an insistently metaphysical mind-bender” (The New Yorker) about a teenager on the run and an aging simpleton. Now with a new introduction by the author. Here we meet 15-year-old runaway Kafka Tamura and the elderly Nakata, who is drawn to Kafka for reasons that he cannot fathom. As their paths converge, acclaimed author Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and spirits slip out of their bodies to make love or commit murder, in what is a truly remarkable journey. “As powerful as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.... Reading Murakami ... is a striking experience in consciousness expansion.” —The Chicago Tribune
Origins of Modern Japanese Literature
Title | Origins of Modern Japanese Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Kōjin Karatani |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780822313236 |
Karatani Kojin is one of Japan's leading critics. In his work as a theoretician, he has described Modernity as have few others; he has re-evaluated the literature of the entire Meiji period and beyond. As one critic has said, Karatani's thought "has had a profound effect on the way we formulate the questions we ask about modern literature and culture ... [his] argument is compelling, moving even, and in the end the reader comes away with a different understanding not only of modern Japanese literature but of modern Japan itself." Among the many authors discussed are Soseki Natsume, Doppo Kunikida, Katai Tayama, and Shoyo Tsubouchi.
Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese Literature
Title | Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Rachael Hutchinson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2016-06-03 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317647726 |
The Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese Literature provides a comprehensive overview of how we study Japanese literature today. Rather than taking a purely chronological approach to the content, the chapters survey the state of the field through a number of pressing issues and themes, examining the ways in which it is possible to read modern Japanese literature and situate it in relation to critical theory. The Handbook examines various modes of literary production (such as fiction, poetry, and critical essays) as distinct forms of expression that nonetheless are closely interrelated. Attention is drawn to the idea of the bunjin as a ‘person of letters’ and a more realistic assessment is provided of how writers have engaged with ideas – not labelled a ‘novelist’ or ‘poet’, but a ‘writer’ who may at one time or another choose to write in various forms. The book provides an overview of major authors and genres by situating them within broader themes that have defined the way writers have produced literature in modern Japan, as well as how those works have been read and understood by different readers in different time periods. The Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese Literature draws from an international array of established experts in the field as well as promising young researchers. It represents a wide variety of critical approaches, giving the study a broad range of perspectives. This handbook will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian Studies, Literature, Sociology, Critical Theory, and History.