| Haruki Murakami: Storytelling and Productive Distance Contributor(s): Nihei, Chikako (Author) |
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ISBN: 036725641X ISBN-13: 9780367256418 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - Japanese - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 895.635 |
| LCCN: 2019009066 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.92 lbs) 172 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Haruki Murakami: Storytelling and Productive Distance studies the evolution of the monogatari, or narrative and storytelling in the works of Haruki Murakami. Author Chikako Nihei argues that Murakami's power of monogatari lies in his use of distancing effects; storytelling allows individuals to "cross" into a different context, through which they can effectively observe themselves and reality. His belief in the importance of monogatari is closely linked to his generation's experience of the counter-‐-culture movement in the late1960s and his research on the 1995 Tokyo Sarin Gas Attack caused by the Aum shinrikyo cult, major events in postwar Japan that revealed many people's desire for a stable narrative to interact with and form their identity from. |