Waseda Bungaku

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Waseda Bungaku ( Japanese 早 稲 田 文学 , literally: "Waseda literature") is the name of a Japanese literary magazine founded by Shōyō Tsubouchi and published since 1891 by the literature department of Waseda University .

In addition to the two magazines Shinshichō ( 新 思潮 ), which is assigned to neorealism, and the Keiō University's magazine Mita Bungaku , which is devoted to aestheticism, Waseda Bungaku is one of Japanese naturalism in literary history . After the magazine shuttled back and forth between discontinuation and continuation, it has been published irregularly since 2007 and is now distributed nationwide under the acronym "WB" free of charge. It had been sold in bookstores by May 2005 (issue 9).

overview

  • Issue 1 (1891–1898)

Under the direction of Tsubouchi, the magazine started a discussion about the terms and function of the novel. In addition to several papers by Tsubouchi, Waseda Bungaku also published articles by Ōgai Mori , Hōgetsu Shimamura and Ryurō Hirotsu . In this context, the debate about the “lack of idealism” ( 没 理想 論争 , botsurisō ronsō ) between Tsubouchi and Mori is known.

  • Issue 2 (1906–1927)

Directed by Hōgetsu Shimamura, who was returning from a stay abroad at that time, the Waseda Bungaku novels such as "Outcast" ( 破戒 , Hakai , 1906) by Tōson Shimazaki and Futon ( 蒲 団 , 1907) by Katai Tayama and thus remained the flagship of the Japanese naturalism. New employees were added, including Hakuchō Masamune and Ujaku Akita .

  • Issue 3 (1934–1949)

During the Pacific War, the magazine was continued under the direction of Seiji Tanizaki, the younger brother of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki .

  • Issue 4 (1949)
  • Issue 5 (1951–1953)
  • Issue 6 (1959)
  • Issue 7 (1969–1975)

From 1969 to 1971 Masaaki Tachihara worked as editor-in-chief for Waseda Bungaku, followed by Yorichika Arima in 1971 .

  • Issue 8 (1976–1997)

The Romanist Tokuyoshi Hiraoka was responsible for this edition as editor and editor. The much-discussed works by Noriko Minobe and Yukiko Mitsuishi were published . In 1984 the "Waseda Literature Prize for Debutants" ( 早 稲 田 文学 新人 賞 , Waseda Bungaku Shinjinshō ) was set up.

  • Issue 9 (1997-2005)

The two literary critics Yūichi Ikeda and Makoto Ichikawa enrich the editorial team, which shifts the focus towards literary criticism.

  • Issue 10 (1997 -)

In February 2010 a special edition was published under the title “wasebun U30”, in which only novels and reviews by authors under 30 years of age were published. The novels in this first special edition included works by Iruma Hitoma , Ririko Kobayashi , Shii Kodō and Hiroshi Satō . A fund was set up through a donation from the relatives of Tokuyoshi Hiraoka to support young and experimental authors.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 早 稲 田 文学 概略 . Waseda University, accessed March 4, 2014 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ Evelyn Schulz: Nagai Kafu: "Diary of a Homecoming". The draft of aesthetic conditions as a critique of the modernization of Japan . LIT, Hamburg 1997 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed March 7, 2014]).
  3. ↑ 没 理想 論争 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 7, 2014 (Japanese).

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