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Studies in the Comic Spirit in Modern Japanese Fiction (HARVARD-YENCHING INSTITUTE MONOGRAPH SERIES, Band 41) - Hardcover

Cohn, Joel R.

 
9780674847118: Studies in the Comic Spirit in Modern Japanese Fiction (HARVARD-YENCHING INSTITUTE MONOGRAPH SERIES, Band 41)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0674847113 ISBN 13: 9780674847118
Verlag: Harvard University Press, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

Unlike traditional Japanese literature, which has a rich tradition of comedy, modern Japanese literature is commonly associated with a high seriousness of purpose. In this path-breaking study, Joel R. Cohn analyzes works by three writers—Ibuse Masuji (1898-1993), Dazai Osamu (1909-1948), and Inoue Hisashi (1934- )—whose works constitute a relentless assault on the notion that comedy cannot be part of serious literature.

Cohn focuses on thematic, structural, and stylistic elements in the works of these writers to show that modern Japanese comedic literature is a product of a particular set of historical, social, and cultural experiences. Cohn finds that cultural and social forces in modern Japan have led to the creation of comic literature that tends to deflect attention away from a human other and turn in on itself in different forms.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Joel R. Cohn is Associate Professor of Japanese at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.

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Verlag
Harvard University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0674847113
ISBN 13 
9780674847118
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Anzahl der Seiten
253
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