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Abe Kōbō, literary strategist : the evolution of his agenda and rhetoric in the context of postwar Japanese avant-garde and communist artists' movements /
Among the great authors of postwar Japan, Abe Kōbō (1924-1993) is the mechanic. Works such as ""The Woman in the Dunes"" (1962), which brought him worldwide renown, conduct a profound analysis of human existence, while revelling in technical detail. The early postwar years were...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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München :
Iudicium,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Iaponia insula ;
Bd. 13. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Impressum; Table of contents; Introduction: A Literary Career in the Context of the Postwar; 1 Continuity, Discontinuity and the Intention of Texts; 2 Biographic Outline; I Values in Postwar (sengo) Japan; 1 The sengo Term and the Principle of the New Beginning; 1.1 Values Associated with sengo; 1.2 The Significance of Literature in sengo; 1.3 Sengo as a Faction; 1.4 Sengo and the Generation Question; 1.5 Periods of sengo; 1.6 Summary: the Significance of sengo for Literary Ideology; 2 Issues of Cultural Self-Definition in Literary Debates; 2.1 The Debate on Subjectivity.
- 2.2 The Debate on the War Responsibility of Writers2.3 The Debate on Politics and Literature; 2.4 The New Japan Literature Association and Jinmin Bungaku; 2.5 Summary: Factions and Range of Positions; 3 Paradigms, Variances and Changes; II Abe Kōbō's Activities in Artists' Organizations; 1 The Pre-Communist Phase, 1947-1950; 1.1 Kindai Bungaku; 1.2 The Beginnings of The Century; 1.3 The Night Society; 1.4 Summary; 2 In the Party Mainstream, 1950-1955; 2.1 The Century after Reorganization; 2.2 Communist Party Activities; 2.3 Jinmin Bungaku; 2.4 The Present Society; 2.5 Summary.
- 3 In the United National Movement Executive, 1955-19623.1 New Japan Literature Association Organs; 3.2 The Society for Documentary Art; 3.3 Abe's Expulsion from the Communist Party; 3.4 Summary; 4 Developments in Abe's Literary Commitment; III The Rhetoric of Abe's Essays; 1 Introduction: Claims of Consistency in Epilogues; 1.1 With the Heart of a Beast and a Hand Like a Calculating Machine (December 1957); 1.2 The Philosophy of the Desert (October 1965); 1.3 To Mark the End of the Road (December 1965); 2 From Artistic to Social Revolution: Essays 1948-1950.
- 2.1 "The Moment of Creativity" (September 1948/May 1949)2.2 "Fresh Words" (May 1948); 2.3 "A Critique of Surrealism" (August 1949); 2.4 "Literature and Time" (October 1949); 2.5 "The 'Art of the Revolution' Must Be the 'Revolution of Art'!" (July 1949); 2.6 "The Destiny of Art" (June 1950); 2.7 Summary; 3 A Voyage of Discovery into the Masses: Essays 1952-1954; 3.1 "The Pockmarked Muse" (October 1952); 3.2 Texts Dealing with the "Folk Literature" Movement; 3.2.1 "A Contribution to the Discussion on Folk Literature" (November 1952); 3.2.2 "Summing up the Doctrine of Folk Literature" (May 1953).
- 3.3 "The Course of the Literature Movement" (April 1953)3.4 "Maps of Maps" (April 1954); 3.5 Summary; 4 Transition
- Two Essays Republished after 1955; 4.1 "With the Heart of a Beast and a Hand Like a Calculating Machine" (February 1955/December 1957); 4.2 "First the Dissecting Knife" (September 1955/December 1957); 4.3 Summary; 5 Social Commitment in the Mass Media Age: Essays 1956-1960; 5.1 Texts Associated with "Neo-Documentarism"; 5.1.1 "On the Spirit of Documentation" (May 1958); 5.1.2 "A Case for Neo-Documentarism" (July 1958).