Spiritual Quests in Contemporary Japanese Writers: Oe Kenzaburo and Murakami Haruki Around 1995
Two influential Japanese novelists, Oe Kenzaburd and Murakami Haruki, coincidentally produced a trilogy of novels each in the early 1990s, both seemingly spiritual or rather，one religious, the other psychic namely, Moeagaru midori no ki [A green tree with glittering flame] (1993-95)，and Nepmakidori...
| Published in: | Bulletin of the Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture |
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| Language: | English |
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2001
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Bulletin of the Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture
Year: 2001, Volume: 25, Pages: 33-42 |
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| Summary: | Two influential Japanese novelists, Oe Kenzaburd and Murakami Haruki, coincidentally produced a trilogy of novels each in the early 1990s, both seemingly spiritual or rather，one religious, the other psychic namely, Moeagaru midori no ki [A green tree with glittering flame] (1993-95)，and Nepmakidori kuronikuru [The Wind- Up Bird Chronicle] (1994-95). In 1995, when Aum Shinrikyd’s gas attack on the Tokyo subway system occurred, both Oe and Murakami were obliged to face the Aum Affair seriously as novelists. Their works after 1995, especially another religious novel of Oes，Chugaeri [Somersault] (1999)y and Murakami s collections of interviews with the victims in the subways and with Aum followers, Underground (two volumes, 1997-98)，can be regarded，therefore, as their respective creative responses to the Aum Affair. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nanzan Shūkyō Bunka Kenkyūjo, Bulletin of the Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture
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