The Dichotomy Christianity – Japaneseness

Shusaku Endo’s autobiographical novel The Samurai

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2022.1.41607

Palabras clave:

christianity, japaneseness, coloniality, colonial wound, imperial wound

Resumen

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate briefly how Shusaku Endo, the noted Japanese author of Silence, stresses his Japanese identity over his Roman Catholic religion in novel The Samurai. This preference has unfortunately been ignored by Western literary critics who have instead opted to stress the importance of his religious beliefs in his fiction. 

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Biografía del autor/a

José I. Suárez, University of Northern Colorado, Department of Hispanic Studies, Greeley, CO, United States of America.

Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at the University of Northern Colorado. His doctorate degree in Romance Languages is from the University of New Mexico. He has published over forty scholarly articles in refereed journals and has published four books. Among his book publications on literature feature The Carnival Stage: Vicentine Comedy within the Serio-Comic Mode, Gil Vicente’s The Play of Rubena, and Mário de Andrade: The Creative Works.

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2022-12-01

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Suárez, J. I. (2022). The Dichotomy Christianity – Japaneseness: Shusaku Endo’s autobiographical novel The Samurai. Letrônica, 15(1), e41607. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2022.1.41607

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Vol. 15 Núm. 1 (2022): Volumen único

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A DIMENSÃO CULTURAL DO OCEANO NA ÓRBITA DE MAGALHÃES

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