NEOPERCEPTIONIST SCHOOL

NEOPERCEPTIONIST SCHOOL: The term Shinkankaku-ha (Neoperceptionist School) was coined by author Chiba Kameo (1878–1935) to describe a literary movement of the 1920s and 1930s centered among rising novelists who published in the literary journal Bungei jidai (Literary Times). Trademarks of the neoperceptionsts include the rejection of traditional I-Novel realism, an emphasis on creating an intellectual reality grounded in modes of perception (hearing, sight, taste, etc.), and a subjective approach to understanding modern consciousness, sensation, and circumstance. The school’s popularity rivaled that of the contemporary proletarian literature movement. Authors prominently involved in the movement include Yokomitsu Riichi, Kawabata Yasunari, Nakagawa Yoichi (1897–1994), and Kataoka Teppei (1894–1944).

See also MODERNISM.

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KAWABATA YASUNARI — (1899–1972) Kawabata Yasunari was a short story writer and novelist who became the first Japanese to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. Orphaned at age two, Kawabata subsequently lost all other close relatives by age 15. After… … Japanese literature and theater
MODERNISM — Modernism (modanizumu) manifested itself first in Europe, with notable modernist writers, such as James Joyce and T. S. Eliot. Its influence was quickly felt in Japan by such writers as Yokomitsu Riichi, Kawabata Yasunari, Hori Tatsuo, Ito Sei … Japanese literature and theater
SHINKANKAKU-HA — See NEOPERCEPTIONIST SCHOOL … Japanese literature and theater
YOKOMITSU RIICHI — (1898–1947) Yokomitsu Riichi was an author and a member of the neoperceptionist school. In 1923, he published “Nichirin” (The Sun), “Hae” (1923; tr. The Fly, 1965), and other short pieces of fiction in Bungei shunju (Literary Chronicle). He… … Japanese literature and theater

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