How Long to Read The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction

How Long Does it Take to Read The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 34 minutes to read The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction by Dennis C. Washburn

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book looks at modernity in Japanese literary culture as a continuing historical dynamic rather than as merely the product of the intense Westernization of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author links the modern in Japan to a sense of cultural discontinuity that may be located in fictional narratives before the encounter of Japan with the West, and he argues that modernity in Meiji Japan can be understood in terms of cultural conflict--not only Japan versus the West, but also Japan's present versus its past. Washburn compares readings from Meiji literature with readings from pre-Meiji and post-Meiji works. He begins with Genji monogatari (early eleventh century) and the Hojoki (1212), continues with stories by Saikaku (late seventeenth century), and ends with a consideration of selected texts from the Meiji period (1868-1912) through the end of the Second World War. Washburn focuses on common thematic elements that recur over time and on such formal considerations as voice and perspective that evolve historically to give expression to the sense of the modern. Using this approach, he is able to look at many individual authors in a new way and to present significant reevaluations of many important texts. This book is also a study of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University.

How long is The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction?

The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction by Dennis C. Washburn is 332 pages long, and a total of 83,664 words.

This makes it 112% the length of the average book. It also has 102% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 37 minutes to read The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction aloud.

What Reading Level is The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction?

The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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