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@article{ART002442360},
author={Lee, Ka-Hyun},
title={A Study of Women in Mishima Yukio's Works －Focusing on the research trends concerning its importance－},
journal={Journal of Japanese Culture},
issn={1226-3605},
year={2019},
number={80},
pages={293-308},
doi={10.21481/jbunka..80.201902.293}

TY - JOUR
AU - Lee, Ka-Hyun
TI - A Study of Women in Mishima Yukio's Works －Focusing on the research trends concerning its importance－
JO - Journal of Japanese Culture
PY - 2019
VL - null
IS - 80
PB - The Japanese Culture Association Of Korea (Jcak)
SP - 293
EP - 308
SN - 1226-3605
AB - This paper investigates important research that focuses on female characters who have not been sufficiently studied until now to understand the essence of Yukio Mishima’s literature. The importance of women in Mishima’s literature is emphasized by considering “narcissism,” which has been regarded as the main theme in his writing. It has been pointed out that one of the great characteristics of Mishima’s literature is that the women in many of his works express strong narcissistic personalities. These women develop their narcissism in an extreme form and are portrayed as "monsters" who boldly deviate from the social norms. However, these "monstrous" women are also attractive, determined, and active at the same time. What was Mishima’s intention in drawing such female characters? This question is the starting point of this study. It is important to pay attention to the intense female characters in Mishima’s literature who are repeatedly portrayed as subjective and dominant because it is not possible to pay attention only to men; it is a compositional diagram, a new relationship between a writer and female characters, a new dimension of Mishima’s human inquiry through literature, and a new confrontation between the writer and the era after the war. This paper introduces the study of reclaiming Mishima’s literature from the viewpoint of his female characters as a new, important approach to rethinking the general understanding of Mishima’s literary works.
KW - Mishima Yukio;Narcissim;Male literature;Female characters;Monstrous
DO - 10.21481/jbunka..80.201902.293
ER -

Lee, Ka-Hyun. (2019). A Study of Women in Mishima Yukio's Works －Focusing on the research trends concerning its importance－. Journal of Japanese Culture, 80, 293-308.

Lee, Ka-Hyun. 2019, "A Study of Women in Mishima Yukio's Works －Focusing on the research trends concerning its importance－", Journal of Japanese Culture, no.80, pp.293-308. Available from: doi:10.21481/jbunka..80.201902.293

Lee, Ka-Hyun "A Study of Women in Mishima Yukio's Works －Focusing on the research trends concerning its importance－" Journal of Japanese Culture 80 pp.293-308 (2019) : 293.

Lee, Ka-Hyun. A Study of Women in Mishima Yukio's Works －Focusing on the research trends concerning its importance－. 2019; 80 : 293-308. Available from: doi:10.21481/jbunka..80.201902.293

Lee, Ka-Hyun. "A Study of Women in Mishima Yukio's Works －Focusing on the research trends concerning its importance－" Journal of Japanese Culture no.80(2019) : 293-308.doi: 10.21481/jbunka..80.201902.293

Lee, Ka-Hyun. A Study of Women in Mishima Yukio's Works －Focusing on the research trends concerning its importance－. Journal of Japanese Culture, 80, 293-308. doi: 10.21481/jbunka..80.201902.293

Lee, Ka-Hyun. A Study of Women in Mishima Yukio's Works －Focusing on the research trends concerning its importance－. Journal of Japanese Culture. 2019; 80 293-308. doi: 10.21481/jbunka..80.201902.293

Lee, Ka-Hyun. A Study of Women in Mishima Yukio's Works －Focusing on the research trends concerning its importance－. 2019; 80 : 293-308. Available from: doi:10.21481/jbunka..80.201902.293

Lee, Ka-Hyun. "A Study of Women in Mishima Yukio's Works －Focusing on the research trends concerning its importance－" Journal of Japanese Culture no.80(2019) : 293-308.doi: 10.21481/jbunka..80.201902.293