Literary Representations Of Japan: At The Intersection Of David Mitchell And Haruki Murakami'S Worlds (Literary Studies)

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This book will focus on analyzing the different aspects of Japan's representation in the novels of Haruki Murakami and David Mitchell. It is proven that Murakami creates and recreates Japan without implementing any orientalist features or exotic imagery. In the works of both authors, the intent to depict a new world of Japan stripped of traditional stereotypical traits becomes clear. The difference between Murakami and Mitchell's representation of Japan lies in the difference between Japan as seen by the Japanese and Japan as seen by modern Westerners, but both are 'correct' images of Japan. It is a recreation of the global image of Japan. In that sense, the texts of Murakami and Mitchell are complementary representations of Japan through East-West cultural dialogue. Studying the representations of Japan and Japanese national character helps to understand the role of Murakami and Mitchell in the formation of a new image of Japan, the de-stereotyping of anachronistic ideas about Japanese national exclusivity, enriching by doing so the world literature with new visions of the country and its culture. The purpose of the comparative analysis of English and Japanese literary works performed in this work is to reveal both deep analogies and differences in the representation of the image of Japan, actualizing the national specificity of the texts. This research advances the understanding of how both general and specific components of literary representations of Japan and Japaneseness are manifested in the East-West cultural dialogue.


  • | Author: Eugenia Prasol
  • | Publisher: Vernon Press
  • | Publication Date: Jun 28, 2023
  • | Number of Pages: 110 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Hardcover
  • | ISBN-10: 164889674X
  • | ISBN-13: 9781648896743
Author:
Eugenia Prasol
Publisher:
Vernon Press
Publication Date:
Jun 28, 2023
Number of pages:
110 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN-10:
164889674X
ISBN-13:
9781648896743