The Dilemma of Faith in Modern Japanese Literature: Metaphors of Christianity

ISBN-13: 9780367424169 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 204 str.

Massimiliano Tomasi

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Part I Introduction 1. Christianity and Modern Japanese Literature Part II Narratives of Conversion 2. Kitamura Tōkoku and the Celebration of the "Inner Life" 3. Shimazaki Tōson and the Discovery of the Self 4. Kunikida Doppo: The Rejection of Self-Deception and the Paradox of Contrition 5. Masamune Hakuchō: 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 Ryūnosuke Part III Metaphors of Christianity 8. A Christology of the Self: The Case of Mushanokōji Saneatsu 9. The Appropriation of Christianity in Narrative: Kinoshita Naoe’s Hi no hashira and Nagayo Yoshirō’s Seidō no kirisuto Epilogue

O autorze

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).