The literary theory of Shimamura Hôgetsu (1871-1918) and the development of feminist discourse in modern Japan
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The literary theory of Shimamura Hôgetsu (1871-1918) and the development of feminist discourse in modern Japan
Edwin Mellen Press, c2008
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島村抱月
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-317) and index
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Description
This title argues for a reassessment of Hogetsu's naturalism as a multifaceted theoretical model rather than an aberration of its original Western counterpart.Shimamura Hogetsu (1871-1918) was one of the most intriguing and pivotal literary figures of modern Japan. He was deeply involved in literary criticism, the study of aesthetics and rhetoric, and the presentation of Western drama to the Japanese public. This book investigates his scholarly contributions, providing unequivocal evidence of his centrality to modern Japanese literary and intellectual history.This work explores the debate that characterized the evolution of modern literary language in Japan, describing Hogetsu's key role in the acceptance of the vernacular in the process of literary signification. It fills a vacuum in Japanese literary history not only because it elucidates the multifaceted character of Japanese naturalism, but also because it explores, through the magnifying glass of a single critic's perspective, the complex and varied process of Japan's modernization as it unfolded in linguistic, literary, dramatic and feminist discourse.
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