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

1st Edition

The Dilemma of Faith in Modern Japanese Literature Metaphors of Christianity

By Massimiliano Tomasi Copyright 2018
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge
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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. Building significantly on previous research, which has treated the... Read more

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

Epilogue

Biography

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).

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