The Dilemma of Faith in Modern Japanese Literature : Metaphors of Christianity / / Massimiliano Tomasi

• Autore: Tomasi Massimiliano
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2018
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 pages)
• Disciplina: 895.609/3823
• Soggetto topico: Japanese literature - Christian authors - History and criticism; Japanese literature - 19th century - History and criticism; Japanese literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Christianity and literature - Japan; Christianity in literature
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Christianity and Modern Japanese Literature. The Conflict between Religion and Literature -- Narratives of Conversion. Kitamura Tokoku and the Celebration of the "Inner Life" -- Shimazaki Toson and the Discovery of the Self -- Kunikida Doppo: The Rejection of Self-Deception and the Paradox of Contrition -- Masamune Hakucho: The Fear of Death and the Cruelty of the Christian God -- Arishima Takeo: The Problem of Sin and of the Inevitability of Fate -- The Salvific Discourse of Akutagawa Ryunosuke: Early Exposure to Christianity -- A Christology of the Self: The Case of Mushanokoji Saneatsu -- The Appropriation of Christianity in Narrative: Kinoshita Naoe's Hi no hashira and Nagayo Yoshiro's Seido no kirisuto -- Epilogue: A Poetic Religion, Rife with Paradoxes.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Dilemma of Faith in Modern Japanese Literature
• ISBN: 1-351-22805-6; 1-351-22806-4; 1-351-22804-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910795198003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.