"Woman" in the Crisis of Literature : Female Writings and Male Fantasies(<Special Issue>The 62nd JLA Conference (2nd Day): Reincarnation of Literature)

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  • 文学の危機と<周辺>の召喚 : 女性の執筆行為と太宰治・川端康成の少女幻想の間(<特集>日本文学協会第62回大会二日目文学研究の部 <文学>の黄泉がえり)
  • 文学の危機と<周辺>の召喚--女性の執筆行為と太宰治・川端康成の少女幻想の間
  • ブンガク ノ キキ ト シュウヘン ノ ショウカン ジョセイ ノ シッピツ コウイ ト ダザイ オサム カワバタ ヤスナリ ノ ショウジョ ゲンソウ ノ アイダ

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In "Joseito," a story roughly based on Shizu Ariake's diary, Osamu Dazai represented women in the two types; an innocent girl and an irrational woman. Needless to say, the former was an ideal type to him while the latter came from his image of actual women. When Yasunari Kawabata highly praised Dazai for the story, he was engaged in a sort of editorial work in Shin-joen and other women's magazines. In his editorial policy those magazines featured articles about women's role in wartime which more or less reflected Kawabata's sexism. Just like "women" represented by the male writers, women's writings themselves were called for, defined as marginal, and repressed to revitalize male-centered literature in the time of crisis.

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