Is Keijirō Kazamaki's Critical Method External?: Reviewing His Idea of Modern Literature for New Literary Studies

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  • 風巻景次郎の方法は『外在批評』か？
  • 風巻景次郎の方法は『外在批評』か? : 文学研究再生のために、近代における〈文学〉概念を問いなおす
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<p>In his literary study Keijirō Kazamaki so often refers to the political and social background of a text that his critical method is generally thought to be external. In spite of such materialistic attitude, however, he sometimes makes a subjective interpretation based on his own impression. His method seems to be very inconsistent, but the critic himself didn't think so. As his hatred for first-person novels shows, Kazamaki thought that there was actually no modern literature in Japan. Thus, while embracing the image of “true modern literature” which he instinctively grasped, he made a materialistic approach to find what social conditions could produce the very ideal form of literature. In short, he objectively studied to ascertain whether his aesthetic sense was valid. In this article, critically reviewing Kazamaki's idea of “ideal modern literature,” I will consider what we literary scholars should do now.</p>

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