Don Juan East/West : on the problematics of comparative literature / Takayuki Yokota-Murakami.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yokota, Jeri, 1959-

Series:

SUNY series, the margins of literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juan, Don (Legendary character)--In literature.

Juan.

Comparative literature--Themes, motives.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--History and literature.

Literature and history.

Physical Description:

xiv, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [1998]

Contents:

Chapter 1. Problematizing Comparative Literature 1

Comparative Literature as a Discourse of Identification 1

Problems of Transcivilizational Comparison of Don Juans 11

The "Metaphysics" of Comparativism 20

Chapter 2. The Introduction of "Love" into Modern Japan 35

The New Concept of Romantic Love 35

Creation of the Signifier Ren'ai 41

The "Meaning" of Love 46

Sign and Reality 55

The Comparative Frame of Don Juan as a "Lover" 74

Chapter 3. The Emergence of Don Juanism 81

The Erasure of the Don Juan Theme in Early Modern Japan 81

The Making of "Lust" 91

Iro-otoko as a Lustful Man Enters 103

Chapter 4. Sexuality as a Historical Construct 117

Sexuality as a "Natural" Fact 117

Ogai's Vita Sexualis in the Context of Naturalism 119

Sexuality as a "Root" of Human Nature 136

The Emergence of a Sexual Life 144

Don Juan as a Sexual Pervert Enters 150

Chapter 5. Politics of Comparative Literature 155

"Love" and Its Connection with Humanism, Liberal Democracy, and Universalism 155

Universalism as Disguised Eurocentrism 164

Comparative Literature as a Universalist Discipline 168

Comparative Literature as a Marshall Plan 179

Conclusion: The Violence of Comparison 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-219) and index.

ISBN:

0791436659

0791436667

OCLC:

36817193