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story ofJ A P A N E S E L I T E R A T U R EThe Cambridge History of Japanese Literature provides, for the first time, a history of Japanese literature with comprehensive coverage of the. remodern and modern eras in a single volume. The book is arranged topically in a series of short, accessible chapters for easy access and reference, giving ...
Accessed 27 October 2024. Japanese literature, the body of written works produced by Japanese authors in Japanese or, in its earliest beginnings, at a time when Japan had no written language, in the Chinese classical language. Both in quantity and quality, Japanese literature ranks as one of the major literatures of the.
- Donald Keene
May 18, 2020 · Heian literature (794–1185) The Heian period has been pointed to as the golden period of art and literature in Japan. During this period, literature became centered on a cultural elite of nobility and monks. The imperial court especially favored the poets, most of whom were courtiers or ladies-in-waiting.
- The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu. Translated by Edward Seidensticker.
- Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata. Translated by Edward Seidensticker.
- The Silent Cry by Kenzaburo Oe. Translated by John Bester.
- Kokoro by Natsume Soseki. Translated by Meredith McKinney.
Poetry. The invention of the kana phonetic syllabary, traditionally attributed to the celebrated 9th-century Shingon priest and Sanskrit scholar Kūkai, enormously facilitated writing in Japanese. Private collections of poetry in kana began to be compiled about 880, and in 905 the Kokinshū (A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern), the first ...
- Donald Keene
May 25, 2019 · 10.Tanizaki Junichiro (1886 – 1965) Tanizaki Junichiro is one of the major authors of modern Japanese literature. A prominent writer of neo-romanticism in Japanese literature, his works include tales of love, sexuality and destructive erotic obsession. His stories are often set within the context of juxtaposing Western and Japanese traditions.
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The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature - December 2015. One of the most dramatic transformations in Japanese literary history was the transition from the medieval period to the early modern era, which gave birth to a whole new body of vernacular and Sinitic literature.
