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The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature general editor Joshua S. Mostow associate editors Kirk A. Denton Bruce Fulton Sharalyn Orbaugh columbia university press new york Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex Copyright © 2003 Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Columbia Companion to modern East Asian literature / Joshua Mostow, editor. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 0-231–11314-5 1. East Asian literature—20th century—Encyclopedias. I. Title: Modern East Asian literature. II. Mostow, Joshua. PL493.C55 2003 895—dc21 2o02035141 ∞ Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 contents part i General Introduction Joshua S. Mostow, General Editor 1. The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature 1 2. Modern Literature in East Asia: An Overview 7 part ii Japan Sharalyn Orbaugh, Associate Editor Thematic Essays 3. Historical Overview 21 4. The Problem of the Modern Subject 24 5. Nation and Nationalism 36 6. Gender, Family, and Sexualities in Modern Literature 43 7. The Social Organization of Modern Japanese Literature 52 vi Contents Authors, Works, Schools 8. Translated and Political Novels of the Meiji Period 59 9. Tsubouchi Shoyoand Futabatei Shimei 62 10. The Ken’yvsha, Ozaki Koyo, and Yamada Bimyo 66 11. Meiji Women Writers 69 12. Mori Ogai 74 13. Higuchi Ichiyoand Neoclassical Modernism 79 14. Shimazaki Toson 84 15. Natsume Soseki 87 16. Seitoand the Resurgence of Writing by Women 93 17. The Revival of Poetry in Traditional Forms 99 18. Poetry in Chinese in the Modern Period 105 19. Meiji-Period Theater 108 20. Uno Chiyo 112 21. Tanizaki Jun’ichiro 115 22. Shiga Naoya and the Shirakaba Group 121 23. Akutagawa Ryvnosuke 126 24. The Debate over Pure Literature 132 25. Naturalism and the Emergence of the Shishosetsu (Personal Novel) 137 26. Kawabata Yasunari 141 27. Free Verse in the TaishoEra 146 28. Takamura Kotaro 150 29. Taishoand Prewar Showa Theater 154 30. Hayashi Fumiko 158 31. Miyamoto Yuriko and Socialist Writers 164 32. Nagai Kafv 170 33. Wartime Fiction 175 34. Atomic Fiction and Poetry 179 35. Occupation-Period Fiction 184 36. Dazai Osamu, Sakaguchi Ango, and the Burai School 190 37. Abe Kobo 193 38. Oe Kenzaburo 198 39. Ibuse Masuji 204 Contents vii 40. EndoShvsaku 207 41. Enchi Fumiko 212 42. Mishima Yukio 216 43. The 1960s and 1970s Boom in Women’s Writing 221 44. Oba Minako 230 45. Murakami Ryv 233 46. Murakami Haruki 236 47. Nakagami Kenji 239 48. Kanai Mieko 242 49. Tsushima Yvko 246 50. Shimada Masahiko and Shimizu Yoshinori 251 51. Yoshimoto Banana 256 52. Yamada Eimi 259 53. Postwar Poetry 262 54. Postwar Experimental Theater I: Angura 269 55. Postwar Experimental Theater II: Butoand Performance Art 274 56. Modern Okinawan Literature 278 part iii China Kirk A. Denton, Associate Editor Thematic Essays 57. Historical Overview 287 58. Language and Literary Form 307 59. Literary Communities and the Production of Literature 315 60. Modern Chinese Literature As an Institution: Canon and Literary History 324 Authors, Works, Schools 61. The Late Qing Poetry Revolution: Liang Qichao, Huang Zunxian, and Chinese Literary Modernity 333 62. The Uses of Fiction: Liang Qichao and His Contemporaries 341 63. Late Qing Fiction 348 viii Contents 64. Zhou Shoujuan’s Love Stories and Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies Fiction 355 65. Form and Reform: New Poetry and the Crescent Moon Society 364 66. Reconsidering the Origins of Modern Chinese Women’s Writing 371 67. Romantic Sentiment and the Problem of the Subject: Yu Dafu 378 68. The Madman That Was Ah Q: Tradition and Modernity in Lu Xun’s Fiction 385 69. Feminism and Revolution: The Work and Life of Ding Ling 395 70. The Debate on Revolutionary Literature 401 71. Mao Dun, the Modern Novel, and the Representation of Women 405 72. Ba Jin’s Family:Fiction, Representation, and Relevance 411 73. Chinese Modernism: The New Sensationists 418 74. Shen Congwen and Imagined Native Communities 425 75. Xiao Hong’s Field of Life and Death 431 76. Performing the Nation: Chinese Drama and Theater 437 77. Cao Yu and Thunderstorm 446 78. The Reluctant Nihilism of Lao She’s Camel Xiangzi 452 79. Eileen Chang and Alternative Wartime Narrative 458 80. Literature and Politics: Mao Zedong’s “Talks at the Yan’an Forum on Art and Literature” 463 81. Revolutionary Realism and Revolutionary Romanticism: The Song of Youth 470 82. The Hundred Flowers 476 83. The Taiwan Modernists 481 84. Same-Sex Love in Recent Chinese Literature 488 85. The Cultural Revolution Model Theater 496 86. The Taiwan Nativists 502 87. Martial-Arts Fiction and Jin Yong 509 88. Taiwanese Romance: San Mao and Qiong Yao 515 89. Misty Poetry 520 90. Scar Literature and the Memory of Trauma 527 91. Culture against Politics: Roots-Seeking Literature 533 92. Mo Yan and Red Sorghum 541 93. Diaspora Literature 546 94. Avant-Garde Fiction in China 554 Contents ix 95. Modern Poetry of Taiwan 561 96. Post-Mao Urban Fiction 570 97. Xi Xi and Tales of Hong Kong 578 98. Writing Taiwan’s Fin-de-siècle Splendor: Zhu Tianwen and Zhu Tianxin 584 99. Wang Anyi 592 100. Wang Shuo and the Commercialization of Literature 598 101. Voices of Negotiation in Late Twentieth-Century Hong Kong Literature 604 102. Returning to Recluse Literature: Gao Xingjian 610 part iv Korea Bruce Fulton, Associate Editor Thematic Essays 103. Historical Overview 619 104. Pure Literature versus the Literature of Engagement 630 105. The Literature of Territorial Division 635 106. Women’s Literature 638 107. The S{ngjang Sos{l 644 Authors, Works, Schools 108. Yi Kwangsu 648 109. Realism in Early Modern Fiction 651 110. Ch{ng Chiyong 654 111. Yi Sang 657 112. Kim Sow{l 664 113. Ch’ae Manshik 667 114. The Unencumbered in S{Ch{ngju 669 115. Hwang Sunw{n 673 116. The Short Fiction of Kim Tongni 677 117. The W{lbukWriters 681 118. Short Fiction from the Liberation Period 684 x Contents 119. Postwar Fiction 687 120. O Y{ngsu and The Good People 692 121. Ch’oe Inhun’s The Square 695 122. Pak Ky{ngni and Land 698 123. O Ch{nghki 701 124. Pak Wans{ 704 125. Kim Suy{ng 707 126. Ko Kn 710 127. Hwang S{gy{ng 713 128. Yun Hknggil 718 129. Cho Sehki and The Dwarf 720 130. The Intellectual Realm of Yi Ch’{ngjun 723 131. Yi Muny{l 727 132. Shin Ky{ngnim 731 133. The Theater of O T’aes{k 734 134. Yang Kwija 737 135. Ch’oe Yun 740 Timeline 743 Contributors 745 Index 747
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