|
Showing 1 - 14 of
14 matches in All Departments
Critics typically regard Abe Kobo (1924-93) as writing against
realism, due to his avant-garde aesthetics that challenged the
Naturalist realism dominating the literary mainstream and the
Socialist realism of the orthodox Left in postwar Japan. He
considered his work thoroughly realist, however, and starting in
the early 1950s in a series of avant-garde art and literary groups,
he championed the possibility of a vital, contemporary realism that
challenged the reader to question the "reality" represented in the
text through increasingly self-conscious writing strategies.
Through a reassessment of the texts in which he worked out his
theory of realism, this study traces the development of his
commitment to making "truth from a lie" to fiction, drama, and
reportage that openly display their artifice. Key argues that the
reflexivity of Abe's texts, which lay bare their own processes of
artificial construction in order to reflect how our everyday sense
of reality is constructed and maintained, created a critical space
for metatextual ideas that were not acknowledged by the literary
establishment of his time and have yet to be recognized by critics
today. Undergirding his theory and practice of realism was a
critique of conventional documentary and of the classic detective
story. The texts examined here expose the degree to which the
documentarian and the detective are active fabricators of meaning
rather than neutral observers of fact. By paying close attention to
the tension between the documentary and the fictive in Abe's works,
Key draws out the ethical implications of his documentary approach,
arguing persuasively that the documentary qualities of his writing,
such as its valorization of objectivity over psychologism and the
realm of "concrete things" over abstraction are strategies for
challenging the dominant assumptions about what constitutes good
ethics and good art, as well as the relationship between these two
spheres. Truth from a Lie explores the ways in which Abe put
documentary and the de
At the heart of the development of modern Japanese culture, the
theatre mirrors the issues and concerns of a society transitioning
from the Tokugawa era to the modern period. Modern Japanese Theatre
and Performance fills a gap in current Japanese theatre
scholarship; the book discusses the role of women in modern
theatre, buto dance, experimental theatres that combine traditional
theatre with modern forms, and plays by Abe Kobo, Mishima Yukio,
and Senda Koreya. With important contributions from both
established and emerging scholars, this book is essential reading
for anyone interested in theatre, modern performance, or Japanese
studies.
At the heart of the development of modern Japanese culture, the
theatre mirrors the issues and concerns of a society transitioning
from the Tokugawa era to the modern period. Modern Japanese Theatre
and Performance fills a gap in current Japanese theatre
scholarship; the book discusses the role of women in modern
theatre, buto dance, experimental theatres that combine traditional
theatre with modern forms, and plays by Abe Kobo, Mishima Yukio,
and Senda Koreya. With important contributions from both
established and emerging scholars, this book is essential reading
for anyone interested in theatre, modern performance, or Japanese
studies.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
|
You may like...
Higher
Michael Buble
CD
(1)
R459
Discovery Miles 4 590
|