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Building a Literary Bridge and Reconstructing Culture in Postwar Japan: Takeda Taijun and His Chūgoku Mono (China-related Writings)

Yi, Yongfei
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1525448084944

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, East Asian Languages and Literatures.
This interdisciplinary study focuses on an important postwar Japanese author, Takeda Taijun (1912-1976), who produced a significant amount of writings based on China and China-related sources. Since he is not a well-studied author in the west, this dissertation first introduces Takeda’s family history, childhood, and experiences as a young man, including his involvement in the Association of Chinese Literary Studies, his years as an army soldier, and his debut as a writer. Then it provides a close reading of Takeda’s commentaries, novels, and short stories concerning China through textual analysis and comparison. It analyzes how Takeda appropriated and assimilated Chinese sources and conceptualized his China-related writings as a demonstration of his philosophy. Moreover, this study provides insights into Takeda’s discussions of issues related to the postwar era: war, the human condition, and Sino-Japanese relations. In addition, Takeda’s understanding of re-establishing a postwar culture for Japan is also examined. In the conclusion, I briefly compare Takeda Taijun to another well-known postwar author, Sakaguchi Ango, discussing their similar perspectives on constructing a new postwar culture. Second, I summarize Takeda’s standard of critical literature and his consistent goal of building a literary bridge between Japan and China. Then I briefly introduce how Takeda’s later works show the traces of the influences he received from China-related sources. Last but not least, I intend to provide a review of the potential benefits of introducing Takeda’s writings to a non-Japanese readership. Overall this study focuses on two aspects. Vertically, it is an extensive study of several of Takeda’s works that deal with the same theme: the reconstruction of postwar culture and humanity. Horizontally, it provides comparative studies on Takeda’s writings on China with those of other contemporary authors, leading to a discussion on the meaning of postwar literature and the “other.”
Richard Torrance (Advisor)
Kirk Denton (Committee Member)
Naomi Fukumori (Committee Member)
245 p.
Asian Literature; Asian Studies

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  • Yi, Y. (2018). Building a Literary Bridge and Reconstructing Culture in Postwar Japan: Takeda Taijun and His Chūgoku Mono (China-related Writings) [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1525448084944

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Yi, Yongfei. Building a Literary Bridge and Reconstructing Culture in Postwar Japan: Takeda Taijun and His Chūgoku Mono (China-related Writings) . 2018. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1525448084944.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Yi, Yongfei. "Building a Literary Bridge and Reconstructing Culture in Postwar Japan: Takeda Taijun and His Chūgoku Mono (China-related Writings) ." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1525448084944

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