Education and identity in modern Japan, 1868-present

In: Asian thought & society: an international review, Band 16, Heft 48, S. 189-198

Abstract

The struggles of the Japanese to reconcile the revolutionary changes in their lives, initiated by the Meiji Restoration, with their way of looking at their life is reflected in modern Japanese literature. Using education as a basis against which to measure the transition in cultural and social identity in Japan, the author analyses characters in Japanese literature to show this transition. (DÜI-Sen)