Book (Practical) Society If there were Akutagawa Prize or Naoki Prize in the era of' The Tale of Genji,' Kotani no School' A Quick Understanding of the History of Japanese Literature' / Atsushi Koyano

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Japanese title: 単行本(実用) 社会 もし「源氏物語」の時代に芥川賞・直木賞があったら 小谷野流「日本文学史早わかり」 / 小谷野敦
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Item number: BO4102153
Released date: 07 Nov 2023

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This book is "A Quick Understanding of the History of Japanese Literature," written by an author and a scholar of comparative literature. There are many personal histories of Japanese literature, but this book is designed by a fictitious literary critic who visits a fictitious publisher once a month for a project to determine which works will win the Akutagawa Prize and which will win the Naoki Prize if there is an Akutagawa Prize or Naoki Prize since the era of classical literature. This book is designed by a fictitious literary critic who visits a fictitious publisher once a month for a separate book project to determine which works will win the Akutagawa Prize and which works will win the Naoki Prize. It is written like a novel. The interaction with the kyogen-mawashi editor is exquisite. It also includes gossip episodes that cannot be mentioned in the orthodox history of Japanese literature, so you can read it smoothly while enjoying it. It covers waka (Japanese poems) starting from the Manyoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves), haiku such as Basho, and performing arts such as Kabuki and Noh. It is thick and interesting as a quick understanding of the history of Japanese literature. Unlike the history of literature set up in the Ogami section, it can be read