The Way to the "South" : Mineo Azuma's "Okinawa-no-shonen"(<Special Issue>Ryukyu-Okinawa Literature and the Nation)

DOI Web Site

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • <南>への道 : 東峰夫「オキナワの少年」の場合(<特集>琉球・沖縄文学と国家)
  • 〈南〉への道--東峰夫「オキナワの少年」の場合
  • ミナミ エ ノ ミチ アズマミネオ オキナワ ノ ショウネン ノ バアイ

Search this article

Abstract

Mineo Azuma's "Okinawa-no-shonen" (1971) is a story of a young boy's adventures in Okinawa under American occupation. The boy lived in Koza, but one day he decided to run away from his hometown to find a paradise or what he calls the "South." His escapade from Koza to the "South" is a symbolic journey through dark memories of violence left on Okinawa both by the U. S. and Japan. This essay will discuss the possibility of a "new community" which the way to the "South," not a way to a paradise but a nightmare of horrible memories, can suggest to us.

Journal

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top