The Beginning of “Kenji Miyazawa”: The Origin of His Image as a Farmer-Writer

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  • Kamae Daiki
    東京学芸大学大学院・日本学術振興会

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  • 〈宮沢賢治〉の始まり
  • 〈宮沢賢治〉の始まり : 初期受容の転換点をめぐって
  • 〈 ミヤザワ ケンジ 〉 ノ ハジマリ : ショキ ジュヨウ ノ テンカンテン オ メグッテ
  • ――初期受容の転換点をめぐって――

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<p>This paper will focus on the contemporary reception of Kenji Miyazawa's works to show how his image as a famer-writer was posthumously constructed and established. Miyazawa was originally praised for his modern form of expression, but the turning point was when The Complete Works of Kenji Miyazawa was published immediately after his death; since then critics have come to put a more emphasis on his way of living than his style of writing. Such a shift in his portrait can be attributed to a mixture of literary and historical factors as well as to a progress in the biographical study of the writer.</p>

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  • Japanese Literature

    Japanese Literature 62 (12), 23-32, 2013-12-10

    Japanese Literature Association

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