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Description edit
The Fantastic in Modern Japanese Literature explores the dark side of Japanese Literature where modern Japan's repressed anxieties, fears and hopes come to the surface. A close analysis of fantasy, fiction, film and comics reveals the ambivilance felt by many Japanese towards the success... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Murakami Haruki: Add a description of this character.
- Tanizaki
- Soseki
- Abe Kobo
- Inoue Hisashi
- Oe Kenzaburo
- Tsutsui Yasutaka
- Akira
- Ishikawa
- Akutagawa
- Giovanni
- Furuhashi
- Kawabata
- Kurahashi Yumiko
- Rosemary Jackson
- Tetsuo
- Miyazawa
- Genji
- Tadasu
- Mieko
- Eguchi
- Yasuko
- Katsumi
- Himeko
- Yahachi
- Otomo Katsuhiro
- Endo
- Mishima
- Kiki
- Boku
- Kanai
- Kirikirifin
- Swift
- Hume
- Saseki
- Dr. Mogamigawa
- Ginga
- Abe Koba
- Alice
- Mrs. Amanon
First Sentence edit
In 1908 Natsume Soseki, perhaps the greatest of modern Japanese writers, published an eerie fantasy called Yume juya (trans. Ten Nights of Dream (1974) consisting of ten short visionary stories purporting to be dreams.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 305
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