SOURCE: Tachibana, Reiko. “Structures of Power: Ōe Kenzaburō's ‘Shiiku’ (‘Prize Stock’).” World Literature Today 76, no. 2 (spring 2002): 37-48.
In the following essay, Tachibana analyzes thematic aspects of Ōe's “Prize Stock,” perceiving the story to be a study of power in a Japanese village community.
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