Kawakami Mieko’s Natsu monogatari as a global novel: Form, themes and transnational circulation
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper explores the possibility of interpreting Kawakami Mieko’s Natsu monogatari as a global novel. Following an introduction that seeks to summarize the major positions of an ongoing debate surrounding the definition of the global novel, I will provide a tentative definition of this literary genre and analyze Kawakami’s novel to argue that it aligns with this classification. Finally, I will draw attention to the process of creation and promotion of the novel outside the Japanese literary market, into the global literary market.
Source: Kervan
Author: Barbieri, Francesco Eugenio
Institution: University of Bergamo
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7122167765
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