ICLS1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cross-Dressing, Banana, Yaoi
28 Aug 2018
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Set the tone of the characteristics of japanese literature. Ambiguous and nostalgic of japanese tradition during 50s, 60s. Jun bungaku (pure or high literature - artistic works) -changes meaning over time. Early 1920s ish - used to mean an idea of art for art"s sake - above social-political, economic concerns - free from political message. Pure literature before ww2, "pure" fiction (opposite of proletarian literature) - "proletarian" referring to the only possession of the working class being their own children. e. g. kawabata, tanizaki. Politically, socially engaged literature with special attention paid to form. (opposite to popular literature) e. g. oe kenzaburo (second japanese author to win nobel prize, 1994), Endo shusaku: film "silence" adaptation of novel. From 1980s, new generation of japanese authors, capturing aesthetics of contemporary life in japan mega-cities and shunning traditional labels,(incl. pure literature), and moving toward anglicism fiction. Bearing resemblance to big three and etc. , looking for american city novels for inspiration of style and approach.
