A Stranger in Sakhalin, Japan, and Korea: A Critical Analysis of Ri Kaisei's Mata Hutatabi no Michi
Ri Kaisei, who was the first Akutagawa Prize winner as a writer of foreign citizenship, started his career with the novel named “Mata Hutatabt no Michi” in 1969. This novel also won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, however, scholars have not paid much attention to this novel compared with the Akutag...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5068afdac5474d99a2b28430ac5d953f 2023-05-15T18:08:48+02:00 A Stranger in Sakhalin, Japan, and Korea: A Critical Analysis of Ri Kaisei's Mata Hutatabi no Michi Jungae KIM 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.22628/bcjjl.2017.4.1.141 https://doaj.org/article/5068afdac5474d99a2b28430ac5d953f EN JA eng jpn The Global Institute for Japanese Studies, Korea University https://www.bcjjl.org/upload/pdf/bcjjlls-4-1-141.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/2383-5222 https://doaj.org/toc/2635-4829 doi:10.22628/bcjjl.2017.4.1.141 2383-5222 2635-4829 https://doaj.org/article/5068afdac5474d99a2b28430ac5d953f Gwagyeong Ilboneo Munhak Yeongu, Vol 4, Pp 141-152 (2017) Ri Kaisei Mata Hutatabi no Michi Sakhalin Exotic Scenes Gaichi Hikiageha Choukeno Yuutsu Adaptaion Japanese language and literature PL501-889 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.22628/bcjjl.2017.4.1.141 2022-12-31T11:22:35Z Ri Kaisei, who was the first Akutagawa Prize winner as a writer of foreign citizenship, started his career with the novel named “Mata Hutatabt no Michi” in 1969. This novel also won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, however, scholars have not paid much attention to this novel compared with the Akutagawa Prize novel, “Kinuta Wo Utsu Onnna.” Interestingly, if we consider this novel in the process of his adaptation to the Japanese major readership from his literature activity in the Korean minority group in the mid 1960's, we can shed a new light to the novel. In fact, he began his career as a novelist with the short novel "Sono Zenya,” and wrote two other short novels at least before “Mata Hutatabt no Michi. In this novel, he newly described the exotic scenes of Sakhalin where he was born and brought in his youth, taking the Japanese readers' interest to abroad at that time. Additionally, he mentioned the Korean refugees in Sakhalin through his novel, which arose the Japanese readers retrospective emotion and collective memory of return from Asian Countries after World Warn. In this way, his strategy led his success and brilliant debut in the Japanese literature society. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sakhalin Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Border Crossings: The Journal of Japanese-Language Literature Studies 4 1 141 152 |
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Ri Kaisei, who was the first Akutagawa Prize winner as a writer of foreign citizenship, started his career with the novel named “Mata Hutatabt no Michi” in 1969. This novel also won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, however, scholars have not paid much attention to this novel compared with the Akutagawa Prize novel, “Kinuta Wo Utsu Onnna.” Interestingly, if we consider this novel in the process of his adaptation to the Japanese major readership from his literature activity in the Korean minority group in the mid 1960's, we can shed a new light to the novel. In fact, he began his career as a novelist with the short novel "Sono Zenya,” and wrote two other short novels at least before “Mata Hutatabt no Michi. In this novel, he newly described the exotic scenes of Sakhalin where he was born and brought in his youth, taking the Japanese readers' interest to abroad at that time. Additionally, he mentioned the Korean refugees in Sakhalin through his novel, which arose the Japanese readers retrospective emotion and collective memory of return from Asian Countries after World Warn. In this way, his strategy led his success and brilliant debut in the Japanese literature society. |
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A Stranger in Sakhalin, Japan, and Korea: A Critical Analysis of Ri Kaisei's Mata Hutatabi no Michi |
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