World Literature

The Decline of the Akutagawa Prize: Has Japanese Literary Prestige Lost Its Meaning?芥川賞の衰退：日本文学の権威は意味を失ったのか？ ＜English su...

＜English Summary＞ 　This article introduces the literary style and thematic characteristics of Japanese writer Mieko Kawa...

現代韓国のディストピア：チョ・ナムジュ『サハマンション』をジェンダーと階級から読む ＜English summary＞　This article offers a dystopian fiction analysis of Saha Man...

Am I, a worldly reader, even able to engage with Yōko Ogawa? ＜English Summary＞　This article is a personal critical refle...

＜English Summary＞　This article examines three works by Natsuko Imamura’s The Woman in the Purple Skirt, This Is Amiko, D...

＜English Summary＞ 　The Akutagawa Prize has long been regarded as one of the most important awards representing serious J...

＜English Summary＞　This article analyzes Thomas Pynchon’s novel The Crying of Lot 49 and discusses its significance withi...