Social Trauma, Narrative Memory, and Recovery in Japanese Literature - and Fil

Sommario

Introduction Part 1: Trauma, Narrative Memory and Partial Recovery 1. Natsume Sōseki’s Kokoro 2. Ōoka Shōhei’s Fires on the Plain Part 2: Trauma, Intra/Interpersonal Response-ability and Relational Healing 3. Ōe Kenzaburō’s A Personal Matter 4.Imamura Shōhei’s Black Rain Conclusion

Info autore

David C. Stahl is Professor of Japanese Literature and Cinema at Binghamton University, USA. His publications include Trauma, Dissociation and Re-enactment in Japanese Literature and Film (2017) and The Burdens of Survival: Ōoka Shōhei’s Writings on the Pacific War (2003).

Riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of major works in Japanese literature and film through the interpretive lens of trauma studies. Focusing on the psychodynamics and enduring psychosocial aftereffects of social trauma, it also evaluates the themes of dissociation, failed mourning and psychological defence fantasies.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stahl, David Stahl, David (Binghamton University Stahl, David C. Stahl, David C. (Binghamton University Stahl, Stahl David
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781138019362
• ISBN: 978-1-138-01936-2
• Pagine: 274
• Serie: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series; Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Japanese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, Films, cinema, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism