Research On Japanese Atom Bomb Literature

“Atom Bomb Literature” has a far-reaching impact on human art projection that nuclearweapon brought about. This type of literature has been experiencing almost70-year historywith fresh subjects, unique writer groups and potential promising future. All of thesecharacters will secure “Atom Bomb Literature” to become the unique existence. Japan, as theearliest atomic bomb victims, maintains the contradictive attitude toward realistic problems:the war and atomic energy-developing. Under the nuclear attack,“Atom Bomb Literature”with exploring human survival and spiritual crisis tends to hold fast to its position that will notlose or fade away. This type of literature has tragic flavor and warning function for humanfuture existence. It is a worthwhile effort for Japanese writers in the age of nuclear to makegood use of nuclear energy resources and to smooth over the increasing contradiction betweennuclear energy and survival, which directs a new thinking perspective for human beings.This article is made up of seven parts:Introduction: Mainly introduce the origin and self-interpretation of “Atom BombLiterature; its research status and method. State the former related research and the difference.Indicate the difficult points and main ideas.Chapter1: Mainly focuse on Haratamiki, composers in the period of press contral,andOtayoko. Exploring the original track and the characters of “Atom Bomb Literature”.Andalso, analyze hard times of pioneering creation of “Atom Bomb Literature” pioneers.Chapter2: The literary creation of “Atom Bomb Literature” and a new sense of criticism.Through Kuriharasadako,“Atom Bomb Literature” developed from original literary characterof “experience and record” to the new themes and new perspectives. She begins to recollecthistorical causes, and realized that the tragedy of Hiroshima was not the consequence thatcaused only by the United States, it’s also the consequence of the great clamor of the Japanesemilitarism.Kurihara’s progressive ideas have certain positive meaning, but at the same timeher ideas also have limitations which have been influenced by Japanese culture.Chapter3: The masterpieces of “Atom Bomb Literature". In this chapter I would mainlyanalysis the artistic achievement of Ibusemasuji and Oekenzaburo,as they are therepresentative writer of the “Atom Bomb Literature". Through20-years precipitation,“BlackRain” describes the detailed scene of atomic explosion; reveals a vivid picture of the situation.It is a typical literature with the true voice of atomic bomb victims. The peaceful tone in thiswork broke the wall between the regular literature and “Atom Bomb Literature”.However, itssense of normalcy mirrors unease. It fully expresses the great anger and denounces that thewar destroyed common people’s lives. Oekenzaburo is the winner of The Nobel Prize forLiterature. He also keeps working hard on the exploration of the “Atom Bomb Literature”. Byanalyzing the nuclear consciousness in his literary works, we could find out and carryforward the positive role his literary works have played in the nuclear age, as the problem ofnuclear security seems more serious today. Chapter4: Wider range of the subjects and various rendering ways. Along with thechanges of times,“Atom Bomb Literature” has been changing in three ways: The60‘s of lastcentury began dissecting influential “Atom Bomb Literature” from American point of view.“Trial” is one of the literary outputs with Japan-America transpositional consideration; Thesubjects and types or forms of literature are various, such as dramas, diaristic novels andscience fiction; The composers have changed their thoughts from thinking about the explotionto nuclear consciousness. Since1970s and1980s, the literary collection would not focus ontragic description. Instead, they concerned the relationship between nuclear and human beingsmore than ever. They indicated that Nuclear Age writers were worried about human destiny.Chapter5: The significance and value of “Atom Bomb Literature”. Interpret the almost70-year positive influence and existence value of “Atom Bomb Literature” in three aspects:the realistic meaning, the spiritual context and its value in literary history. These have pavedthe solid way for the further research in the future.Conclusion: The cognition of “Atom Bomb Literature”. In this chapter I try to approachthe source relationship between the cognition of “Atom Bomb Literature” and Japaneseculture. Under the background of broad sense generalized, sort out its limitation. Throughtypes of interpretation, critical blind points, nationalism and victims philosophy, reveal thepros and cons of the Japanese “Atom Bomb Literature”.In order to widen the research topics on “Atom Bomb Literature”, I put some of myformer academic achievements in the appendix attached to the article. They are“Chronologyof Japanese Atom Bomb Literature”,“Cultural Factors and Postwar Japan Nuclear Policy”,“Documentary Survey on Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Spot”. I hope these articles can be helpfulon showing an overview of “Atom Bomb Literature” topics.