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There are 6 critical essays on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.
Critical Essays on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
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 Critical Essay by Donald Keene
13,894 words, approx. 46 pages
 In the following essay, Keene presents an overview of Akutagawa's short stories and his place in modern fiction.
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Critical Essay by Makoto Ueda
13,144 words, approx. 44 pages
In the following essay, Ueda discusses Akutagawa's interest in literary criticism and the representation of the artist's life in his short stories.
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Critical Essay by Beongcheon Yu
10,787 words, approx. 36 pages
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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Critical Essay by Noriko Mizuta Lippit
5,748 words, approx. 19 pages
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 directly with the story elements themselves.
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Critical Essay by Florence Goyet
3,892 words, approx. 13 pages
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.
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Critical Essay by Glenn W. Shaw
818 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following essay, Shaw gives an account of Akutagawa's influences and development as a short story writer.
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