Japanese Literary Theories

Japanese Literary Theories: An Anthology is the English translation of the 2017 volume edited by Yasusuke Ōura ( Nihon Bungaku Riron: Ansorojii ), which grew from a unique collaboration between scholars of Western literatures and scholars of modern Japanese literature. Its eight thematic chapters on various aspects of literary theory each contain excerpts from representative texts by Japanese intellectuals, discussed against the background of Japan’s ongoing negotiations with foreign ideas. The