The Fantastic in Modern Japanese Literature by Susan Napier

The Fantastic in Modern Japanese Literature by Susan Napier

Modern Japan's repressed anxieties, fears and hopes come to the surface in the fantastic. A close analysis of fantasy fiction, film and comics reveals the ambivalence felt by many Japanese towards the success story of the nation in the twentieth century. The Fantastic in Modern Japanese Literature explores the dark side to Japanese literature and Japanese society. It takes in the nightmarish future depicted in the animated film masterpiece, Akira, and the pastoral dream worlds created by Japan's Nobel Prize winning author Oe Kenzaburo. A wide range of fantasists, many discussed here in English for the first time, form the basis for a ground-breaking analysis of utopias, dystopias, the disturbing relationship between women, sexuality and modernity, and the role of the alien in the fantastic.

At Tufts University, Susan Napier is the Goldthwaite Professor of Rhetoric and Japanese Studies. She is the author of several publications, including Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle: Experiencing Modern Japanese Animation.

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ISBN 13	9780415124577
ISBN 10	0415124573
Title	The Fantastic in Modern Japanese Literature
Author	Susan Napier
Series	Nissan Institute Routledge Japanese Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	1995-12-28
Number of pages	268
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