The Second World War and Autobiography in Japan. Tales of War and the "Movement for One's Own History" (Jibunshi)
The Second World War and Autobiography in Japan. Tales of War and the "Movement for One's Own History" (Jibunshi)
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第二次世界大战和日本的自传战争故事和“自己的历史运动”(自文志)
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004195004.i-541.37
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发表时间:
2011
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Buchholz
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Buchholz
The Japanese government is widely known for its refusal to acknowledge the guilt for countless atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in China and other parts of East and South East Asia. But it is almost unknown that on the popular, grassroots level,“movements to write down one’s own history” and similar writer movements were lively and abundant.Japan has a rich tradition of diary literature (nikki bungaku) 1, and, furthermore, the “I-novel”(shishôsetsu) has been an important literary contribution of the last century. 2 The Japanese are a nation of devoted, even obsessive diary-writers. The foundation of this obsession is laid at school, where the writing of a diary is seen as an important tool for moral education, and children are taught how to write a good and interesting diary. Besides the ability of self-discipline, the practice of diary writing in school is also meant to cultivate abilities like conscientious observation and precise memory, awareness of the self and the group, and the self in the group.