Contents:
The Tale of the Heike. An Account of My. Tales from the Uji Collection. The Captain of Naruto. Essays in Idleness. The Exile of Godaigo. Poems in Chinese by Buddhist Monks. Three Poets at Minase.
The Three Priests. What the Seasons Brought to the Almanac Maker. The Umbrella Oracle. The Eternal Storehouse of Japan. The Narrow Road of. Prose Poem on the Unreal Dwelling.
Conversations with Kyorai. Haifa by Basho and His School. Chikamatsu on the Art of the Puppet Stage.
The Love Suicides at Sonezaki. Shino and Hamaji.
Anthology of Japanese literature, from the earliest era to the mid The Tales of. The Tosa Diary.
I found the section on poetry very good, the section on theatre helpful in understanding it in the context of Japanese pre-WWII novels, but the section on the post Meiji novel confusing. Keene seems to long for a more western conception of the novel while criticizing the hyper-realism and "plotlessness" of The Makioka Sisters both I think unfair criticisms. A better investment with a stronger statement of theory is is The Pl A useful book but not as good as The Pleasure of Japanese Literature.
A better investment with a stronger statement of theory is is The Pleasure of Japanese Literature, which so far largely skips over modern Japanese writing but provides a grounding in theory and history I am finding useful in my exploration of contemporary Japanese novels.
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He has very great historical perspective about the theme. I was, first, surprised to find that the book began with Japanese ancient poetry, over one thousand years old, completely unfamiliar to most of us. I learned a lot by his well-organized, persuasive, beautifully fluent interpretation and summary about our literary history.
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I took several literary classes in my college days, which were given by famous Japanese professors, though, I couldn't get such a great comprehension and clearness that the book produced. In addition to the historical overlook, it gave me a global view.
Grace Ortelere rated it did not like it Mar 31, From earliest times through the sixteenth century. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, Japanese literature : an introduction for western readers by Donald Keene. Ask students how these changes compare to changes in U. The BirdCatcher in Hades.
I got many findings. A helpful and concise summary of the many forms that Japanese literature has taken over the past years. I found, in particular, the details of puppet theater and western theoretical influence on Japanese literature to be very interesting.
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