Kōbō Abe's Experience of East Europe: A Communist in 1956

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  • 安部公房の東欧体験
  • 安部公房の東欧体験 : 「コミュニスト」の一九五六年
  • アベコウ ボウ ノ トウオウ タイケン : 「 コミュニスト 」 ノ イチキュウゴロクネン
  • ――「コミュニスト」の一九五六年――

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<p>The aim of this paper is to consider the communist impact made on Kōbō Abe in 1956 when he traveled to the East European countries. Especially in Czechoslovakia with his newly acquired insight to discern differences in an apparently homogeneous unit, he could discover the possibility of a new form of power structure built on a heterogeneous community completely free from ethnocentrism. The experience Abe had in his visit to East Europe thus had a great influence on his works after he recovered from the shock caused by the cruel suppression of the Hungarian Revolution in1957.</p>

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  • Japanese Literature

    Japanese Literature 62 (12), 33-43, 2013-12-10

    Japanese Literature Association

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