Texts of the Heisei Era by Lisette Gebhardt, Christian Chappelow - 9783111714974

Texts of the Heisei EraReadings of Contemporary Japanese Literature\nAuthor(s): Lisette Gebhardt, Christian Chappelow\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: De Gruyter, Germany\nImprint: De Gruyter\nISBN-13: 9783111714974, 978-3111714974\nSynopsis\nThis volume with contributions on the literature of the Heisei era [tel] contains analyses of contemporary Japanese literature. It presents authors such as Shimada Masahiko, Abe Kazushige, Tawada Yko and Shno Yoriko, who use sophisticated, self-reflective language and subversive arguments against systems of power to criticize the times in the context of the question of national identity and transculturality.