An Essay on Okinawa-no-Shonen : From the Standpoint of Minor Literature

Ono Takayuki

doi:10.20620/nihonbungaku.47.2_32

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「オキナワの少年」試論 : <マイナー文学>の視座から
オキナワノショウネンシロンマイナーブンガクノシザカラ

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Okinawan literature cannot but be political. I will examine its political nature by reading Okinawa-no-Shonen, a long forgotten story after Okinawa's return to Japan. This text may be categorized into "minor literature" in that it was written by a writer from the minority group in the established major language, that is, Japanese, which is not their own. In the story, everything in a boy's school and family life immediately assumes political and national aspects. Such a narrative development is very crucial for understanding Okinawan literature.

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Japanese Literature

Japanese Literature 47 (2), 32-42, 1998

Japanese Literature Association