Thoughts on "Japanese-Language Literature" [PDF]
This short essay examines the concept of “Japanese-language literature” (Nihongo bungaku), exploring its relation to the more conventional term “Japanese literature” (Nihon bungaku) in Anglophonic scholarship. In so doing, it presents a few examples of recent scholarship that has used this distinction to make significant advances in our understanding ...
Edward MACK
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From ‘national’ literature to multicultural literature in ‘Japanese’ language? [PDF]
This chapter offers a genealogy of Japanese literary studies, with a special focus on the two terms that have been most commonly used to denote Japanese literature and literary studies in Japan since the early 20th century: kokubungaku (national literature and its study) and nihon bungaku (Japanese literature).
Tomoko Aoyama, Aoyama, Tomoko
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Learning Japanese Language and Culture through Literature [PDF]
In this paper, I will discuss my literature lectures for international students at Doshisha University’s Center for Japanese Language and Culture. Most students have already passed the N1 of the Japanese language proficiency test (JLPT), which can be attributed to their reading ability, but I aim to have my students gain a more thorough understanding ...
KITANI , Makiko, 2460
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Pemerian Alam Sebagai Simbol Femininitas dalam Novel Hana wo Hakobu Imouto
This paper discusses about interconnecting nature an women in one of Japanese literary work named Hana wo Hakobu Imouto by Natsuki Ikezawa. He has written numerous novels and through his works such as Hana wo Hakobu Imouto, he depicts upon the ...
Wawat Rahwati
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Post-war Taiwan and Japanese Literature: With a Focus on Researches in University [PDF]
In post-Second World War Taiwan, the symbolism and significance of “Japan” as a signifier remains steeped in meaning, due largely to Japan’s antebellum colonialization of Taiwan for approximately half a century.
Keiko YOKOJI
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A Comparative Study on Speculation Forms of Interrogative Sentences in Korean and Japanese
This article reveals the interrogative aspect of speculation forms in Japanese and Korean, including the characteristics of -keyss-nya in Korean and darooka in Japanese.
Chang-Hak MOON
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Toddler-Hunting in Wartime: Kōno Taeko’s “On the Inside”
In the postwar 1960s, Kono Taeko (1926-2015) debuted with shocking stories of alienated modern women whose fantasies of pleasure in sadistic violence, masochism, and pederasty belied their otherwise routine exterior worlds.
Mary A. Knighton
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The expression of Indonesian spirituality in post-disaster songs as a medium for building resilience [PDF]
This study explores the expressions of spirituality in Indonesian post-disaster songs as a cultural medium for fostering collective resilience. Using Carl Gustav Jung’s analytical psychology particularly the concept of archetypes this research examines ...
Alia Ariefa Nina +3 more
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Current Work and Related Issues Concerning Japanese Language Teaching at Tianhua Institute : A Study of the Advanced Japanese Language Teaching and Learning [PDF]
This article discusses the state of the current Japanese language education in private institutions of higher education in China, focusing mainly on the specific practices in the Japanese Department at Tianhua Institute of Shanghai Normal University.
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