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  1. The awakening of modern Japanese fiction
    path literature and an interpretation of Buddhism
    Author: Ama, Michihiro
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  SUNY Press, Albany

    "Argues that the role of Buddhism in modern Japanese prose literature has been significantly overlooked"-- "The Awakening of Modern Japanese Fiction is the first book to treat the literary practices of certain major modern Japanese writers as... more

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    "Argues that the role of Buddhism in modern Japanese prose literature has been significantly overlooked"-- "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."--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781438481418
    Subjects: Japanisch; Buddhismus; Literatur
    Other subjects: Japanese fiction / Taishō period, 1912-1926 / History and criticism; Buddhist literature / History and criticism; Buddhism in literature; Buddhism and literature / Japan; Buddhism and literature; Buddhism in literature; Buddhist literature; Japanese fiction / Taishō period; Japan; 1912-1926; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: xi, 342 Seiten, 24 cm
    Notes:

    1. A Disciplinary Divide and the Conceptual Framework of the Present Study. Part 1. Writing Personal Fiction as a Confessional and Religious Practice : 2. Modern Japanese Writers as Lay Buddhist Practitioners -- 3. Ari no mama as Literary and Buddhist Discourse -- 4. Shin Buddhist Confession and Literary Practice -- 5. A Shin Buddhist Historical Novel -- Part 2. The Buddhist Reading of Personal Fiction : 6. Buddhist Words and Buddhist Symbols in Personal Novels -- 7. Buddhist Attainment and Mystical Experience -- 8. Literary Representations of Buddhist Funerals -- Conclusion