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The Awakening of Modern Japanese Fiction
Michihiro Ama
其他書名
Path Literature and an Interpretation of Buddhism
出版
State University of New York Press
, 2021-02-01
主題
Literary Criticism / Asian / Japanese
Religion / Buddhism / History
ISBN
1438481438
9781438481432
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=qY71DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
The Awakening of Modern Japanese Fiction
is the first book to treat the literary practices of certain major modern Japanese writers as Buddhist practices, and to read their work as Buddhist literature. Its distinctive contribution is its focus on modern literature and, importantly, modern Buddhism, which Michihiro Ama presents both as existing in continuity with the historical Buddhist tradition and as having unique features of its own. Ama corrects the dominant perception in which the Christian practice of confession has been accepted as the primary informing source of modern Japanese prose literature, arguing instead that the practice has always been a part of Shin Buddhist culture. Focusing on personal fiction, this volume explores the works of literary figures and Buddhist priests who, challenged by the modern development of Japan, turned to Buddhism in a variety of ways and used literature as a vehicle for transforming their sense of selfhood. Writers discussed include Natsume Sōseki, Tayama Katai, Shiga Naoya, Kiyozawa Manshi, and Akegarasu Haya. By bringing Buddhism out of the shadows of early twentieth-century Japanese literature and elucidating its presence in both individual authors' lives and the genre of autobiographical fiction,
The Awakening of Modern Japanese Fiction
demonstrates a more nuanced understanding of the role of Buddhism in the development of Japanese modernity.