Ara Masahito
Ara Masahito ( Japanese 荒 正人 , born January 1, 1913 in Fukushima Prefecture , † June 9, 1979 ) was a Japanese literary scholar and critic.
Ara founded the magazine Kindai bungaku (Modern Literature) with Odagiri Hideo and Hirano Ken in 1946 , which was published until 1964. In addition to these and authors such as Honda Shūgo , Yamamuro Shizuka , Haniya Yutaka and Sasaki Kiichi , he was counted to the "school of modern literature" ( Kindai bungakuha ). In contrast to the Marxist approach, he placed the subjective individuality of people in the foreground and was the first in Japan to apply Sigmund Freud's theories in literary criticism, especially in his criticism of the works of Natsume Sōseki .
As a profound knowledge of English literature, Ara also emerged with translations of the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Emily Brontës and wrote essays on TS Eliot and James Joyce . He taught at Hōsei University .
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- Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00770-0 , pp. 39 (English, limited preview in the Google book search - French: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization . Translated by Käthe Roth).
- Kevin Michael Doak: "Dreams of difference: the Japan romantic school and the crisis of modernity" , University of California Press, 1994, ISBN 9780520083776 , p. 143
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ara, Masahito |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 荒 正人 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese literary scholar and critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fukushima prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1979 |