Monthly Archives: August 2006

Essays: Kenzaburo Oe and His Son Hikari

A Story of Creative Rebellion
by LINDSLEY CAMERON
World Literature Today 76 no1 30-6 Wint 2002
The man who created the piece of music you in the audience here today have just heard in excerpt (”Nocturnal Capriccio,” track 14 from Music of Hikari Oe 2) is Hikari Oe. He is an extraordinary man — a unique man, [...]

Popularity: 11% [?]

Critical Analyis: The Spatialized World of Kenzaburo Oe World

The Burning Tree: The Spatialized World of Kenzaburo Oe World
by SANROKU YOSHIDA
Literature Today v69 p10-16 Wint ‘95
Late on the night of 13 October 1994, in front of his residence in a usually quiet Tokyo suburb, Kenzaburo Oe entertained questions from a horde of newspaper and television reporters who had gathered there to interview the [...]

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Critical Analyis: Innocence as viewed by Kenzaburo Oe

“And a little child shall lead them.” The Agency of the Innocent in an Early Story by Oe Kenzaburo.
by Marleigh Grayer Ryan
World Literature Today, Spring 2002 v76 i2 p49(9)
(c) 2002 University of Oklahoma
OE KENZABURO WAS TEN and a half years old when he heard tell of the emperor’s fateful message ending World War II. He [...]

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