03480oam 2200709I 450 991045868730332120200520144314.01-136-97051-71-136-97052-51-282-62954-997866126295490-203-85159-510.4324/9780203851593 (CKB)2560000000010083(EBL)534232(OCoLC)642661676(SSID)ssj0000428997(PQKBManifestationID)11323192(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428997(PQKBWorkID)10443224(PQKB)11332965(MiAaPQ)EBC534232(Au-PeEL)EBL534232(CaPaEBR)ebr10394452(CaONFJC)MIL262954(OCoLC)645429798(EXLCZ)99256000000001008320180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe strong and the weak in Japanese literature discrimination, egalitarianism, nationalism /Fuminobu MurakamiMilton Park, Abingdon ;New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (206 p.)Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ;11Description based upon print version of record.1-138-86289-4 0-415-57386-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The strong and the weak in Japanese religious, philosophical and political writings; 3 Ugly ladies in The Tale of Genji; 4 Women, humble men and insulted people in The Tale of the Heike; 5 Sacrifice and revenge, love and war, and a world without violence in The Eight Dog Chronicles; 6 Dancing girl, geisha, mistress and wife in Kawabata Yasunari's stories: The Dancing Girl of Izu, Snow Country, Thousand Cranes and The Sound of the Mountain; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis book uses texts from classical to modern Japanese literature to examine concepts of 'respect for the strong', as a notion of an evolutionary society, and 'sympathy for the weak', as a notion of a non-violent and changeless egalitarian society. The term strong refers not just to those with strength and power. It also includes other ideal attributes such as beauty, youth and goodness. Similarly, the term weak implies not only the weak and infirm, but also the disadvantaged, the indecent, the unsophisticated and those generally shunned by society. The former are associated not only with tRoutledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ;11.Japanese literatureHistory and criticismLiterature and societyJapanHistoryNational characteristics, Japanese, in literaturePower (Social sciences) in literatureElectronic books.Japanese literatureHistory and criticism.Literature and societyHistory.National characteristics, Japanese, in literature.Power (Social sciences) in literature.895.6/09Murakami Fuminobu1951-,940430MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458687303321The strong and the weak in Japanese literature2212829UNINA