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Sakaguchi Ango’s Conceptualizations of the Function of Literature in the Postwar Era

Yi, Yongfei
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1313435605

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2011, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, East Asian Studies.
Sakaguchi Ango is an important Japanese writer of the postwar era. His ideas are surprisingly resilient, anti-systematic, and fascinating, yet the original concepts formed by these ideas are difficult to apprehend. Despite his popularity in Japan and in light of his prominence in the canon of modern Japanese literature, research on his works in English language scholarship seems insufficient. This thesis examines Ango’s conceptualizations of literature in the postwar period and describes their background in terms of Ango’s personal history and the history of his time. It explores the ideas that motivated his works and examines the works he is most famous for, his literary and historical essays. It analyzes how Ango discovers the possibilities of literature through his writings in various genres.
Richard Torrance, PhD (Advisor)
Shelley F. Quinn (Committee Member)
Philip C. Brown (Committee Member)
Asian Literature

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  • Yi, Y. (2011). Sakaguchi Ango’s Conceptualizations of the Function of Literature in the Postwar Era [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1313435605

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Yi, Yongfei. Sakaguchi Ango’s Conceptualizations of the Function of Literature in the Postwar Era. 2011. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1313435605.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Yi, Yongfei. "Sakaguchi Ango’s Conceptualizations of the Function of Literature in the Postwar Era." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1313435605

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