The Dilemma of Faith in Modern Japanese Literature Metaphors of Christianity
"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 o...
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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London
Taylor and Francis
2018
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series |
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| Zusammenfassung: | "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 intersections of Christianity with the Japanese literary world in only a cursory fashion, this book emphasizes the need to make a clear distinction between the different roles played by Catholicism and Protestantism. In particular, it argues that most Meiji and Taish? intellectuals were exposed to an exclusively Protestant and mainly Calvinist derivation of Christianity and so it is against this worldview that the connections between the two ought to be assessed. Examining the work of authors such as Kitamura T?koku, Akutagawa Ry?nosuke and Nagayo Yoshir?, this book also contextualises the spread of Christianity in Japan and challenges the notion that Christian thought was in conflict with mainstream literary schools. As such, this book explains how the dualities experienced by many modern writers were in fact the manifestation of manifold developments which placed Christianity at the center, rather than at the periphery, of their process of self-construction. The Dilemma of Faith in Modern Japanese Literature will be of great interest to students and scholars of Japanese modern literature, as well as those interested in Religious Studies and Japanese Studies more generally."--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource text file, PDF. |
| ISBN: | 9781351228060 1351228064 9781351228046 1351228048 9781351228053 1351228056 9781351228039 135122803X |