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[DeepL Translation - needs review] The Japanese language has produced a rich body of modern literature through the "impact of the West" since the Meiji era. Now, the Japanese language is at a major crossroads. We cannot understand the future of our age without considering the issue of the "universal language" (English), which has become more and more important with the progress of globalization. What is language for us modern people? Where is the Japanese language going? This ambitious work,...
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Page Count:
460
ISBN:
4480432663
ISBN13:
9784480432667
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pm215says
July 30, 2023
The title sounds like clickbait, but it's a reference to a line from Soseki's novel Sanshiro. This is a book length essay on why Japanese literature had a tremendous flowering in the late 19th and early 20th century as Japanese and Western culture came into contact, and on the question of whether it (and other literary cultures in other languages) can continue to flourish in a world where English is increasingly the universal global language of communication. It also takes detours into areas i
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