Culture under imperialism. Geibun and the production of Manchurian literature

0575484 - OÚ 2024 RIV JP eng J - Journal Article
Toyosawa, Nobuko
Culture under imperialism. Geibun and the production of Manchurian literature.
Japan Review. Roč. 38, spring (2023), s. 129-149. ISSN 0915-0986. E-ISSN 2434-3129
Institutional support: RVO:68378009
Keywords : Akihara Katsuji * Hamazaki Yoshihiro * imperial literature * Manchurian literature * Ouchi Takao * zaiman Japanese writers
OECD category: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Method of publishing: Open access

This article analyzes the activities of Japanese writers in Manchuria in the 1930s and 40s, who dedicated themselves in the development of a Manchurian literature as a unifying force to realize ethnic harmony. While opposing the official attempts to “Japanize” Manchurian literature, they presented not only the works of zaiman Japanese writers but also ethnic writers’ literary pieces in translated anthology of Manchurian literature. In short, they envisioned to produce an autonomous literature rooted in the distinct local soil and communal life of Manchuria.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0353239