"Literature of Possibilities"

…Other works he wrote during the war include “Saikaku Shinron” (New Theory of Saikaku), but his most notable achievements came after the war, when, in the midst of a chaotic social climate, he quickly published “Rokuhaku Kinsei” (Six White Gold Star), “Ad Balloon” (The Social Condition), “Horse Racing” (Horse Racing), “A Theory of Second-Rate Literature” (A Theory of Second-Rate Literature), and quickly became a popular author. He rejected autobiographical literature and advocated “Literature of Possibilities” (1946), and attempted to embody this view of literature in his long novel “Doyoufujin” (Lady on Saturday), but he died suddenly of hemoptysis during the serialization of the work. [Okubo Norio]…

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…戦争中のものとしてはほかに《西鶴新論》などがあるが，その活躍が目だつのは戦後で，混乱した世相を背景に，いちはやく《六白金星》《アド･バルーン》《世相》《競馬》《二流文学論》などを発表，一躍流行作家になった。私小説的文学を否定して《可能性の文学》(1946)を唱え，長編《土曜夫人》にその文学観の具現をはかったが，連載中喀血して急逝した。【大久保 典夫】。…

※「《可能性の文学》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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