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Akutagawa Ryunosuke : three themes Iles, Timothy J.F.

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the workings of three themes within the fiction of Akutagawa Ryunosuke(1892-1927), to explore how these themes interrelate to forma portrait of their author's alienation from the world and from himself. These are: nature's hostility to the artist and his efforts to combat that; woman and her association with nature, disease, and death; and the Double as a mockery of the authored self by the authoring self. Each theme is discussed in a separate chapter; a concluding chapter explores the way in which the three themes merge in one specific short story, "Haguruma" (1927; tr. Cogwheel, 1965).

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Title
Akutagawa Ryunosuke : three themes
Creator
Iles, Timothy J.F.
Publisher
University of British Columbia
Date Issued
1992
Description
The aim of this study is to examine the workings of three themes within the fiction of Akutagawa Ryunosuke(1892-1927), to explore how these themes interrelate to forma portrait of their author's alienation from the world and from himself. These are: nature's hostility to the artist and his efforts to combat that; woman and her association with nature, disease, and death; and the Double as a mockery of the authored self by the authoring self. Each theme is discussed in a separate chapter; a concluding chapter explores the way in which the three themes merge in one specific short story, "Haguruma" (1927; tr. Cogwheel, 1965).
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6225156 bytes
Genre
Thesis/Dissertation
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Date Available
2008-12-18
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
DOI
10.14288/1.0086636
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3190
Degree
Master of Arts - MA
Program
Asian Studies
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Asian Studies, Department of
Degree Grantor
University of British Columbia
Graduation Date
1992-05
Campus
UBCV
Scholarly Level
Graduate
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