Introduction
Chapter 1: Distancing Japanese Literary Tradition: Monogatari and Language
Chapter 2: ‘Departure’ from the Distrust of Language: Narration as Engagement
Chapter 3: Narrativising Memories: Murakami’s Attempt at a Realist Novel in Norwegian Wood
Chapter 4: Distance within, Will to Imagine, and Power of Metaphor in Kafka on the Shore
Chapter 5: Writing in the Space In-Between: Murakami’s Exploration of Cross-Cultural Effects
Conclusion: Monogatari as an Antibody, "Walls and Eggs" and 1Q84
Biography
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).
