Japanese Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Japanese Literature: A Very Short Introduction With a history stretching back nearly 1,500 years, written works originating from Japan encompass a vast range of forms and genres. The art of narrative…
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Japanese Literature: A Very Short Introduction
With a history stretching back nearly 1,500 years, written works originating from Japan encompass a vast range of forms and genres. The art of narrative would soon follow, blossoming in the eleventh century with one of the world's great literary masterpieces, Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji. Since the eighth century, poetry and the non-philosophical lyric voice have occupied a central position in Japanese cultural life.
It is also embraced by the outside world in turn, exporting bestselling authors such as Haruki Murakami and Yukio Mishima. Japanese literature later developed other genres no less important than poetry and narrative, among them the diary, the free-flowing essay, drama, the picture book, and the literary treatise.While intensely attentive to its own tradition, Japanese literature has also embraced the outside world, particularly the influence of China.