Affect, Emotion and Sensibility in Modern Japanese Literature
From Natsume Sôseki to Ishimure Michiko
Author: Reiko Abe Auestad Series: Routledge Research on Asian Literature
This book takes the unique approach of combining cognitive approaches with more established close-reading methods in analyzing a selection of Japanese novels.
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This book takes the unique approach of combining cognitive approaches with more established close-reading methods in analyzing a selection of Japanese novels.
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This book takes the unique approach of combining cognitive approaches with more established close-reading methods in analysing a selection of Japanese novels and a film.
They are by four well-known male authors and a director (Natsume Sôseki, Shiga Naoya, Ôe Kenzaburô, Ibuse Masuji and Imamura Shôhei) and five female authors (Kirino Natsuo, Kawakami Mieko, Murata Sayaka, Tsushima Yûko, and Ishimure Michiko) from the early twentieth century up to the early millennium. It approaches the different artistic strategies that oscillate between emotional immersion and critical reflection. Inspired by new developments in cognitive theory and neuroscience, the book seeks to put a spotlight on the aspects of modern Japanese novels that were not fully appreciated earlier; the eclectic and fluid nature of the novel as a form, and the vital roles played by affects and emotions often complicated under the impact of trauma.
Rejuvenating previously established cultural theories through a cognitive and emotional lens (narratology, genre theory, historicism, cultural study, gender theory, and ecocriticism), this book will appeal to students and scholars of modern literature and Japanese literature.
About the Author
Reiko Abe Auestad is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway.
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