The Literature and Readership of the 2000s(<Special Issue>The 63rd JLA Conference (2nd Day): Literature as a Place of Cooperation: Facing Literary Chaos)

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  • 二〇〇〇年代の<文学>と読者(<特集>日本文学協会第63回大会文学研究の部(第二日目) 共同制作される世界-<文学>の混沌に向き合う-)
  • 二〇〇〇年代の<文学>と読者
  • 2000ネンダイ ノ ブンガク ト ドクシャ

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Although much had been said about the end of literature in the 1990s, now in the 2000s there are many signs that make one wonder if literature is popular again. For example, Kyoichi Katayama's Sekai-no-chushin-de-ai-wo-sakebu and Risa Wataya's Keritai-senaka sold over a million of copies, while there is a tremendous popularity of cell phone novels. Moreover, the old proletariat novel Kanikousen surprisingly enjoys a wide readership now. No doubt, something is happening to literature. This is not, however, explicable in terms of the influence of animations and video games on literature, an old boring argument that was frequently cited in the 1980s. I think the key to understanding today's literary phenomenon lies in a strange combination of new forms and conventional contents, which has much to do with a new relation between authors and readers.

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