Breaking into Japanese Literature/Identity: Tatemae and Honne

Autor: Tetsuo Ishii, José Roberto Saravia Vargas, Juan Carlos Saravia Vargas
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Impossibilia: Revista Internacional de Estudios Literarios, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 81-95 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2174-2464
Popis: Due to the application of Euro-centered methods of interpretation, literary criticism hasoverlooked key social aspects that are characteristic of Japanese literature. Among these much-neglectedcharacteristics one can include the paired concepts tatemae and honne. By incorporating those conceptsinto a reading of Japanese texts, the reader can discover social issues previously unseen. BananaYosimoto’s novel Kitchen is used to illustrate the different interactions of tatemae and honne.
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