Accounting for taste: The creation of the Akutagawa and Naoki prizes for literature
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A study of the early history of the Akutagawa Prize, particularly when contrasted with that of the Naoki Prize reveals that it asserts the subjective nature of the award by dissecting its construction and first years of function. It also reveals the contingency of literary values by showing how many of the early selections deviate from certain accepted beliefs about literary value in modern Japan.
Publication Name: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0073-0548
Year: 2004
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The chantefable and the novel: The cases of Lu mudan and Tianbao tu
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The marital arts novels, Lu mudan and Tianbao tu, is identified as based on extant chantefables, Xinke Lu mudan guci and the lute ballad Zhenben Tianbao tu quan zhuan which is an important genre of Qing fiction. A comparison between each novel and its correspondence chantefable is done to illuminate the process of adaptation and to illustrate the aesthetic of each genre.
Publication Name: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0073-0548
Year: 2004
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Gio: Women and performance in the Heike monogatari
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The 'Gio' episode is the longest and one of the most famous episodes in the Heiki monogatari. The play is about a peripheral, independent woman as she confronts the oppressiveness of the world of Heiki.
Publication Name: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0073-0548
Year: 2004
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