Reading Notes | Week 16 | Part B
Kenzaburo
Kenzaburo was born in 1935 on a rural area on Shikoku, the smallest of the four main Japanese islands.
Was a student in primary during Japan's wars with Asia and the Pacific. Kenzaburo had to pledge to be willing to go to war in the emperor appointed him to do so.
In 1954, Kenzaburo entered the University of Tokyo.
Majored in French Literature.
The second Japanese writer to receive the Nobel Prize. He received this award in 1994.
Considered to be one of the most important Japanese writers.
"The Clever Rain Tree" draws the tradition of autobiographical fiction in Japan.
The setting of "The Clever Tree" is a seminar of East-West understanding that takes place during the mid 1970's.
"The quest for human understanding that the seminar pursues, and the readers glimpse behind it of minds in isolation, might be said to represent opposing poles of the narrative." (1116)
"It's influence can be found in the meditative narrative voice of "The Clever Rain Tree" whose references are specific enough that we can assume the events to have a basis in the author's experience." (1116)
Kenzaburo was born in 1935 on a rural area on Shikoku, the smallest of the four main Japanese islands.
Was a student in primary during Japan's wars with Asia and the Pacific. Kenzaburo had to pledge to be willing to go to war in the emperor appointed him to do so.
In 1954, Kenzaburo entered the University of Tokyo.
Majored in French Literature.
The second Japanese writer to receive the Nobel Prize. He received this award in 1994.
Considered to be one of the most important Japanese writers.
"The Clever Rain Tree" draws the tradition of autobiographical fiction in Japan.
The setting of "The Clever Tree" is a seminar of East-West understanding that takes place during the mid 1970's.
"The quest for human understanding that the seminar pursues, and the readers glimpse behind it of minds in isolation, might be said to represent opposing poles of the narrative." (1116)
"It's influence can be found in the meditative narrative voice of "The Clever Rain Tree" whose references are specific enough that we can assume the events to have a basis in the author's experience." (1116)
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