Naoya, Shiga - Further Reading
FURTHER READING
Criticism
Hisaaki Yamanouchi. 'The Rivals: Shiga Naoya and Akutagawa Ryūnosuke." In The Search for Authenticity in Modern Japanese Literature, pp. 82-106. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978.
Includes an assessment of the autobiographical elements of Ōtsu Junkichi and "The Diary of Claudius."
Keene, Donald. "Shiga Naoya (1883-1971)." In Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature of the Modern Era, Volume I: Fiction, pp. 458-70. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984.
Biographical and critical introduction to the author and his major works.
Kohl, Stephen W. "Shiga Naoya and the Literature of Experience." Monumenta Nipponica 32, No. 2 (Summer 1977): 211-17. Investigates the stories "Manazuru" and "The Ashen Moon," concentrating on how Shiga conveys the subjective experiences of the characters.
Additional coverage of Shiga's life and career is contained in the following...
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