Breaking into Japanese Literature/Identity: Tatemae and Honne

• Autores: Tetsuo Ishii, José Roberto Saravia Vargas, Juan Carlos Saravia Vargas
• Localización: Impossibilia, ISSN-e 2174-2464, Nº. 2, 2011 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Literatura e Identidad), págs. 81-95
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen

  • Due to the application of Euro-centered methods of interpretation, literary criticism has overlooked key social aspects that are characteristic of Japanese literature. Among these much-neglected characteristics one can include the paired concepts tatemae and honne. By incorporating those concepts into a reading of Japanese texts, the reader can discover social issues previously unseen. Banana Yosimoto�s novel Kitchen is used to illustrate the different interactions of tatemae and honne.