Editors' intentions and authors' desires : how junbungaku affects the Akutagawa Prize and Japan's commercial literary world
In this thesis I explore the current literary culture of Japan by examining the commercialization and politicization of junbungaku, “pure” literature. In particular, I focus on the most prominent award for new authors, the Akutagawa Prize, which is widely acknowledged as authoritative. My intentio...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/39835 |