The first Japanese author popularized in the West, Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) restated old legends and medieval history in modernist psychological terms. A prolific writer of naturalistic "slice ...
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Akutagawa Ryunosuke committed suicide in 1927 at the age of thirty-five, but he accomplished much during his short writing career. Excelling in the finely crafted short tale, Akutagawa also wrote poet...
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In the following essay, Shaw gives an account of Akutagawa's influences and development as a short story writer.
[Akutagawa's] graduation thesis was entitled, Wiriamu Morisu Kenkyū...
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In the following essay, Ueda discusses Akutagawa's interest in literary criticism and the representation of the artist's life in his short stories.
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (1892ȁ...
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In the following essay, Yu examines major themes in Akutagawa's short stories, focusing on “The Nose” as the starting point of his fiction career.
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Of Akutagawa's early wr...
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In the following essay, Lippit argues that Akutagawa's use of traditional existing stories allows him to shift his focus away from the problems of modern storytelling and instead deal more dire...
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In the following essay, Keene presents an overview of Akutagawa's short stories and his place in modern fiction.
The most striking literary figure of the fifteen years of the Taishō era ...
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In the following essay, Goyet contends that Akutagawa's short stories are stylistically and thematically situated in-between the standards of Western and Eastern short fiction.
The Japanese did...
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Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
