How Is the Scar Shown There?: Kenji Nakagami's “Seisan”

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  • そこでみせる〈傷〉はなにか？
  • ――中上健次「聖餐」論――

Abstract

<p>In his short story “Seisan” (1983), Kenji Nakagami inscribed the very moment when the community of social outcasts in his hometown was dismembered. The “dismemberment” of the district called “roji” was actually executed for the improvement of the regional conditions as one of the assimilation projects. The author, however, depicts such modernization as a “scar” that brought about local degeneration symbolized by a woman's nymphomania. Then how is the scar shown there? This article will analyze the representation of modernization in the story.</p>

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  • Japanese Literature

    Japanese Literature 67 (11), 68-78, 2018-11-10

    Japanese Literature Association

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