Fate, Nature, and Literary Form

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The Politics of the Tragic in Japanese Literature

Written by Kinya Nishi

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This study is a theoretical reconsideration of the concept of the “tragic” combined with detailed analyses of Japanese literary texts. Inspired by contemporary critical discourse (especially the works by such thinkers as Theodor Adorno, Fredric Jameson and Raymond Williams), the author challenges both exotic and postmodern representation of Japanese culture as “the other” of the West. By examining the social backgrounds of artists’ endeavors to create new literary forms, the author unveils a rich tradition of tragic literature that, unlike the dominant local tradition of naturalism, has registered the unbridgeable gap between universal ideals and social values at a particular historical moment.

Kinya Nishi is a professor of aesthetics and intellectual history at Konan University, Japan. He has published books and articles exploring the discursive formation of cultural tradition in the context of modern Japan. He has held visiting research positions at the University of Sussex and Queen Mary, University of London.

ISBN-13: 9781644690680
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Publication date: 14 July 2020
Format: Hardback
Pages: 168
Dimensions: 234 x 156 mm
Language: English