In "Detective Fiction and the Rise of the Japanese Novel, " Satoru Saito sheds light on the deep structural and conceptual similarities between detective fiction and the novel in prewar Japan. Arguing that the interactions between the two genres were not marginal occurrences but instead critical moments of literary engagement, Saito demonstrates how detective fiction provided Japanese authors with the necessary frameworks through which to examine and critique the nature and implications of Japan s literary formations and its modernizing society.
Through a series of close readings of...
In "Detective Fiction and the Rise of the Japanese Novel, " Satoru Saito sheds light on the deep structural and conceptual similarities between det...
