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Into the Fantastical Spaces of Contemporary Japanese Literature
About this book
Murakami Haruki, Ogawa Yoko, Tawada Yoko, Kanai Mieko, Hino Keizo, Murakami Ryu, Kawakami Hiromi, Murata Sayaka... These acclaimed authors are united by a shared fascination with fantastical conceptions of space. In highlighting these luminaries of contemporary Japanese literature, Into the Fantastical Spaces of Contemporary Japanese Literature examines the role of extramundane topos from an interdisciplinary approach. As writers navigate fantastical spaces in resistance to the logic of everyday life, they are able to challenge the dualistic norms on the body and mind that typify modern Japanese life. These studies demonstrate the essential role played by fantastical spaces in the development of modern Japanese literature to the present day. Scholars of Japanese studies, literature, and other fields will find this book an excellent resource for teaching and research.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Into the Fantastical Spaces of Contemporary Japanese Literature: An Introduction
- The Layered Everyspace in the Fiction of Murakami Haruki
- Shōjo, Mother, and the Uncanny Space in Ogawa Yōko’s Writings
- Textual, Liminal, Fantastical Spaces in Kanai Mieko’s Early Writings
- Cannibalistic Space and Reproduction in Japanese Speculative Fiction
- Ports in a Storm
- The Foreign Land outside Japan
- The Fantastical Space of Exile in Tawada Yōko’s Memoirs of a Polar Bear
- Minding the Gap in Kawakami Hiromi
- Index
- Index of Works
- About the Contributors