Matthew Strecher
Biographic Data
| ID | 8527646 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Strecher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Strecher |
| SIGNATURE | STRECHER M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
At the Critical Stage
Since the start of his career over 30 years ago, Murakami Haruki (b. 1949) has been a controversial figure in the world of Japanese literature. Writing in an undecorated plainstyle that gives little in the way of cultural specificity, and on themes that could apply to persons from almost any land, Murakami’s work is deemed mukokuseki – without nationality – by critics. Many in and out of Japan expect that Murakami will be awarded the Nobel Prize …
Murakami Haruki
Reviewed by: Murakami Haruki: The Simulacrum in Contemporary Japanese Culture Matthew C. Strecher (bio) Murakami Haruki: The Simulacrum in Contemporary Japanese Culture. By Michael Seats. Lexington Books, Lanham, Md., 2006. xviii, 364 pages. $70.00. As the so-called "Murakami Haruki Phenomenon" continues to grow, with new translations of the author's work appearing annually in a multitude of languages, it is perhaps inevitable that English-langua…
(R)evolution in the Land of the Lonely
Using a form of fictional reportage he terms the 'document novel' Murakami Ryū has spent the past ten years probing the underlying causes of many of Japan's most critical social problems, from domestic violence and the rising school drop-out rate to phenomena such as 'compensated dating' and the hikikomori problem. At the root of these issues stands one seemingly insurmountable culprit: the recent completion of Japan's 'project of modernization'.…
Dances with Sheep
As a spokesman for disaffected youth of the post-1960s, Murakami Haruki has become one of the most important voices in contemporary Japanese literature, and he has gained a following in the United States through translations of his works. In Dances with Sheep, Matthew Strecher examines Murakami’s fiction—and, to a lesser extent, his nonfiction—for its most prevalent structures and themes. Strecher also delves into the paradoxes in Murakami’s writ…
At the Critical Stage
Since the start of his career over 30 years ago, Murakami Haruki (b. 1949) has been a controversial figure in the world of Japanese literature. Writing in an undecorated plainstyle that gives little in the way of cultural specificity, and on themes that could apply to persons from almost any land, Murakami’s work is deemed mukokuseki – without nationality – by critics. Many in and out of Japan expect that Murakami will be awarded the Nobel Prize …
Dances with Sheep
As a spokesman for disaffected youth of the post-1960s, Murakami Haruki has become one of the most important voices in contemporary Japanese literature, and he has gained a following in the United States through translations of his works. In Dances with Sheep, Matthew Strecher examines Murakami’s fiction—and, to a lesser extent, his nonfiction—for its most prevalent structures and themes. Strecher also delves into the paradoxes in Murakami’s writ…
Murakami Haruki
Reviewed by: Murakami Haruki: The Simulacrum in Contemporary Japanese Culture Matthew C. Strecher (bio) Murakami Haruki: The Simulacrum in Contemporary Japanese Culture. By Michael Seats. Lexington Books, Lanham, Md., 2006. xviii, 364 pages. $70.00. As the so-called "Murakami Haruki Phenomenon" continues to grow, with new translations of the author's work appearing annually in a multitude of languages, it is perhaps inevitable that English-langua…
(R)evolution in the Land of the Lonely
Using a form of fictional reportage he terms the 'document novel' Murakami Ryū has spent the past ten years probing the underlying causes of many of Japan's most critical social problems, from domestic violence and the rising school drop-out rate to phenomena such as 'compensated dating' and the hikikomori problem. At the root of these issues stands one seemingly insurmountable culprit: the recent completion of Japan's 'project of modernization'.…
At the Critical Stage
Since the start of his career over 30 years ago, Murakami Haruki (b. 1949) has been a controversial figure in the world of Japanese literature. Writing in an undecorated plainstyle that gives little in the way of cultural specificity, and on themes that could apply to persons from almost any land, Murakami’s work is deemed mukokuseki – without nationality – by critics. Many in and out of Japan expect that Murakami will be awarded the Nobel Prize …
Japanese History and Culture (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Identity (music) (2 works) · Modernity (2 works) · Narrative Theory and Analysis (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · 1949 (1 works)