Author：Mengdie Xu

Abstract: Contemporary Irish writer Sebastian Barry addresses the overlooked trauma of non-nationalists during the Irish War of Independence through his writings The Steward of Christendom and The Secret Scripture, focusing on the core space of “madhouse.” According to Michel Foucault’s theory, the...

Column：British Literature Studies   119-129   Details

Author：Yufan Xin

Abstract: The writing of the war memory in the collection Futenmayo and the novel Cocktail Party by Oshiro Tatsuhiro can be regarded as a true portrayal of a side of the post-war Okinawa spiritual history. The excessive quantification of the dead in Japan triggered a rethink of war memory, and Oshiro was devoted to writing the “plural of m...

Column：Literatures of East and Southeast Asia   130-141   Details

Author：Ngô Viết Hoàn

Abstract: In the process of modern Vietnamese literary history, realist literature and the tendency toward realistic writing have played an important historical role. As a vital component of Vietnamese revolutionary literature, it not only shows the lively reality in Vietnam during the anti-colonial war, but also contributes many outstanding authors and literary theorists to its national literary scene. Using a historical and theoretical approach combined with the perspective of modern literary history, this paper systematically reviews the Vietnamese realist literary tendency through three aspects, namely, the emergence of realist literary tendencies in Vietnam, Lê Đình Kỵ’s literary ideas and the rise of the schools of realist literary creation in Vietnam, and Đỗ Đức Dục and the standardized development of Vietnamese realism. ...

Column：Literatures of East and Southeast Asia   142-156   Details