Essays and essays A Man and a Woman in Modern Literature

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Japanese title: 新書 社会 出世と恋愛 近代文学で読む男と女 / 斎藤美奈子
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Item number: BQ104830
Released date: 22 Jun 2023
Maker: Kodansha

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Essays and Essays "What is youth?" is a proposition that cannot be easily defined by both men and women, but it is necessary to have a "mental separation from parents." However, youth is a time when they gradually find their own world by worrying about their own future, but at the same time they can find someone they like. There are many cases in which young people, who are the main characters of modern Japanese literature, cannot declare their love and end with unrequited love. Even if their love is achieved, the heroine dies for some reason due to incurable diseases or accidents. The author exclaims that Japanese male writers do not have the ability to write love or mature women. You should not think that it is just a story of literature, but the shadow that modern literature has cast on the spiritual climate of Japan is deeper than expected. You cannot overlook the historical background that the story of success in life in the Meiji era gave to the thought of young people. At the same time, there is a strong influence that the war has had on literature. However, 20 years after the Soseki Natsume 『 Sanshiro 』, the female writer Miyamoto Yuriko 『 Nobuko 』 arrives in the modern age when a "new woman" finds a "value to live" that is not tied to love or marriage. Both men and women grow with the transition of the times. The life style of men and women depicted in modern literature is a big key to understanding the feelings of people who are involved in "life success and love" in modern Japan.