@article{ART002895119},
author={Jeongmyoung Sim},
title={Representation of Death in Literature after the Great East Japan Earthquake},
journal={탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities},
issn={2092-6081},
year={2022},
volume={15},
number={2},
pages={79-107},
doi={10.22901/trans.2022.15.2.79}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jeongmyoung Sim
TI - Representation of Death in Literature after the Great East Japan Earthquake
JO - 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities
PY - 2022
VL - 15
IS - 2
PB - Ewha Institute for the Humanities: EIH
SP - 79
EP - 107
SN - 2092-6081
AB - After March 11, 2011, under the recognition that this complex disaster greatly changed Japanese society, many writers discussed “post3.11 literature”. In this paper, in order to ask who could be the proper one to remember this disaster and mourn the death caused by it, I analyzed two literary works that summon people who have gone missing due to the tsunami as ghost.
Maru Ayase's One day, You will Reach the Sea begins with the guilt of the survivor, and deals with the ultimate otherness of death. Also, by letting the character who has already died speak as ‘I’, its readers can realize the weight of each death. Mai Ishizawa's At the place following the shell asks questions about the multi-level distance between the people who survived and the Earthquake. In this novel set in Germany, the ghost of the dead bring back memories of the past, followed by Covid-19 pandemic, tsunami, wars etc. Through these works, readers can experience the loss and pain caused by the tsunami and get an opportunity to participate in the work of mourning. Also, these works, asking how we can participate in deaths other than tsunami, provide a clue to remember and grieve other pains.
KW - 3.11;Great East Japan Earthquake;Memory;Mourning;Ayase Maru;Ishizawa Mai;Disaster Literature
DO - 10.22901/trans.2022.15.2.79
ER -
Jeongmyoung Sim. (2022). Representation of Death in Literature after the Great East Japan Earthquake. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, 15(2), 79-107.
Jeongmyoung Sim. 2022, "Representation of Death in Literature after the Great East Japan Earthquake", 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, vol.15, no.2 pp.79-107. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2022.15.2.79
Jeongmyoung Sim "Representation of Death in Literature after the Great East Japan Earthquake" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 15.2 pp.79-107 (2022) : 79.
Jeongmyoung Sim. Representation of Death in Literature after the Great East Japan Earthquake. 2022; 15(2), 79-107. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2022.15.2.79
Jeongmyoung Sim. "Representation of Death in Literature after the Great East Japan Earthquake" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 15, no.2 (2022) : 79-107.doi: 10.22901/trans.2022.15.2.79
Jeongmyoung Sim. Representation of Death in Literature after the Great East Japan Earthquake. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, 15(2), 79-107. doi: 10.22901/trans.2022.15.2.79
Jeongmyoung Sim. Representation of Death in Literature after the Great East Japan Earthquake. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities. 2022; 15(2) 79-107. doi: 10.22901/trans.2022.15.2.79
Jeongmyoung Sim. Representation of Death in Literature after the Great East Japan Earthquake. 2022; 15(2), 79-107. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2022.15.2.79
Jeongmyoung Sim. "Representation of Death in Literature after the Great East Japan Earthquake" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 15, no.2 (2022) : 79-107.doi: 10.22901/trans.2022.15.2.79