Vorobiev Shibata Renzaburo and the Reinvention of Modernism in Postwar Japanese Popular Literature

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-11192-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 231 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

Shibata Renzaburo and the Reinvention of Modernism in Postwar Japanese Popular Literature explores the life and work of Shibata Renzaburo (?????, 1917–1978), the author of adventure and historical novels who was instrumental in reinvigorating popular Japanese literature in the postwar period. This book considers postwar Japanese society through the prism of Shibata’s writing, exploring how the postwar period under SCAP Occupation influenced Shibata’s writing and generated the extraordinary popularity of samurai fiction in the postwar era at large. Through the use of a nihilistic warrior, Nemuri Kyoshiro, and other samurai characters, Shibata Renzaburo addresses important social issues of the day, such as the trauma of defeat, postwar reconstruction, and the attending societal ills and neuroses, while keeping his literature entertaining and easy to read, which ensured its mass appeal in postwar Japan.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vorobiev, Artem

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Early Life and and Formative Years.- 3. War and Postwar Experience.- 4. Fame: The Nemuri Kyoshiro Phenomenon.- 5. Shibata Renzaburo's Other Works.- 6. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Artem Vorobiev  is Lecturer in Japanese at the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University, USA.