Haruki Murakami: Storytelling and Productive Distance

ISBN-13: 9781032241197 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 182 str.

Chikako Nihei

Opis

This book studies the evolution of the monogatari, or narrative and storytelling in the works of Haruki Murakami.

Recenzje

"This is an important contribution to our understanding of the key concept of the monogatari in the Murakami literary world." -- Matthew C. Strecher, Sophia University

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

2 Distancing Japanese literary tradition: Monogatari and language

3 "Departure" from the distrust of language: Narration as engagement

4 Narrativising memories: Murakami’s attempt at a realist novel in Norwegian Wood

5 Distance within, will to imagine, and power of metaphor in Kafka on the Shore

6 Writing in the space in-between: Murakami’s exploration of cross-cultural effects

7 Conclusion: Monogatari as an antibody, 1Q84 and stories after "Fukushima"

Index

O autorze

Chikako Nihei is an assistant professor at Yamaguchi University. She received her PhD in Japanese at the University of Sydney. Her publications include "The Productivity of a Space In-between: Murakami Haruki as a Translator" (2016) and "Resistance and Negotiation: The ‘Herbivorous Men’ and Murakami Haruki’s Gender and Political Ambiguity" (2013).