Yoshikazu Kataoka

A scholar of Japanese literature. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture. Graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature at Tokyo Imperial University. Taught at Himeji High School and Tokyo Prefectural High School, and later became a professor at Hosei University. He attracted attention with Ihara Saikaku (1926), which he added to his graduation thesis. He is known for his flexible and unified view of literary history, which focuses on the tension between the self and the situation from a position close to that of historical sociology, and concretely explores the issues of freedom and independence. His major works include Modern Japanese Writers and Works (1939), Perspectives on Modern Japanese Literature (1941), Studies in Naturalism (1957), and Studies in Japanese Romanticism Literature (1958).

[Hisashi Furubayashi]

"The Collected Works of Ryoichi Kataoka, 11 volumes (1979-80, Chuokoron-Shinsha)"

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国文学者。神奈川県生まれ。東京帝国大学国文科卒業。姫路高校、東京府立高校で教鞭(きょうべん)をとり、のち法政大学教授。卒業論文に加筆した『井原西鶴(さいかく)』（1926）で注目された。歴史社会学派に近い立場から自我と状況との緊張関係に目を据え、自由と自立の問題を具体的に追究してゆく柔軟で統一的な文学史観に特色がある。主著に『近代日本の作家と作品』（1939）、『近代日本文学の展望』（1941）、『自然主義研究』（1957）、『日本浪曼(ろうまん)主義文学研究』（1958）など。

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『『片岡良一著作集』全11巻（1979～80・中央公論社）』

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