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CHILDREN OF THE ANTI-WORLD:
CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE FICTION OF
KURAHASHI YUMIKO
by
Michael Day
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES)
May 2009
Copyright 2009 Michael Day
Object Description
| Title | Children of the anti-world: confrontations between children and adults in the fiction of Kurahashi Yumiko |
| Author | Day, Michael |
| Author email | mday@usc.edu; michaelday83@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | East Asian Languages & Cultures |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-03-31 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-05-08 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Bialock, David T. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Lippit, Akira Mizuta Hayden, George |
| Abstract | Kurahashi Yumiko (1935-2005) is a Japanese female author whose works of experimental fiction consistently question or negate literary and social norms. Kurahashi's stated intent as an author is to create an "anti-world" in which morality and immorality, being and nothingness, clarity and obscurity are unified. To this end, she makes frequent use of the motif of children in confrontation with the conventions of the adult world. In Chapter 1, I explore this theme extensively. In Chapter 2, I present in English translation three Kurahashi stories which make use of this theme: "The Holy Family" ["Seikazoku"] (1985), "We Are All Friends" ["Aiko-tachi"] (1965) and "The Children Who Played Butcher" ["Kodomo-tachi ga butagoroshi o mane shita hanashi"] (1984). It is hoped that the combination of the preface and the translations will shed new light on a body of work which is unique in both Japanese and world literature. |
| Keyword | Japanese literature; Kurahashi Yumiko |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2216 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Day, Michael |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Day-2814 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume17/etd-Day-2814.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | CHILDREN OF THE ANTI-WORLD: CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE FICTION OF KURAHASHI YUMIKO by Michael Day A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES) May 2009 Copyright 2009 Michael Day |
