Kiyoteru Hanada

Literary critic, novelist, and playwright. Born March 29, 1909 in Fukuoka City. Dropped out of the Department of English Literature at Kyoto Imperial University. In 1940 (Showa 15), he founded the magazine "Bunkakiso" with Hideto Nakano and Jun Okamoto, publishing essays that made full use of eccentric rhetoric and dialectics, and established his position as a critic with his collections of essays "Self-evident Principles" (1941) and "The Spirit of the Reconstruction Period" (1946). After World War II, he presented a wide range of artistic programs, including literature, theater, and film, based on "Modern Literature" and "New Japanese Literature," criticizing the rigid logic and sentimental humanism of intellectuals and striving to establish avant-garde theory to change reality. His proposition of "transcending modernity by using pre-modern things as a negative medium" and his interest in Renaissance man since "The Spirit of the Reconstruction Period" were later concretely developed in the fields of novels and plays, producing works such as "Choju Jibushi" (1960-1962), "Bakuretsu Danki" (1962), "Shosetsu Heike" (1967), and "Muromachi Shosetsu" (1973). His collections of critical essays include "Avant-garde Geijutsu" (1954), "Overcoming Modernity" (1959), and "Nihon no Renaissance Jin" (1974). He passed away on September 23, 1974.

[Ishizaki Hitoshi]

"The Complete Works of Hanada Kiyoaki, 15 volumes and 2 supplementary volumes (1979-1980, Kodansha)" ▽ "The Life of Hanada Kiyoaki, by Ogawa Toru (1978, Shisou no Kagakusha)" ▽ "A Certain Junshi: A Discussion of Hanada Kiyoaki, by Miyauchi Yutaka (1979, Kodansha)" ▽ "Hanada Kiyoaki and Abe Kobo - For the Rebirth of Avant-Garde Literature, by Okaniwa Noboru (1980, Daisanbunmeisha)" ▽ "The World of Hanada Kiyoaki" (1981, Shinpyosha) ▽ "Hanada Kiyoaki: Persona of Sand, by Tsugi Hidemi (1982, Kodansha)" ▽ "Fashion and Immutability: A Discussion of Hanada Kiyoaki, by Hirano Eihisa (1982, Kindai Bungeisha)" ▽ "Duel at Noon - The Debate Between Hanada Kiyoaki and Yoshimoto Takaaki" by Yoshimura Fujihiko (1986, Shobunsha)" ▽ "Series: Private Japanese Scholar Hanada Kiyoaki - A Solitary Man of the Twentieth Century" by Sekine Hiroshi (1987, Libroport)" ▽ "Collection of Japanese Fantasy Literature 29: Hanada Kiyoaki" edited by Ikeuchi Kiyoshi (1994, Kokusho Kankokai)" ▽ "How Intellectuals Struggle in a Time of Transition - The Resurrection of Hanada Kiyoaki" by Ishii Nobuo (1996, Madosha)" ▽ "Feminist Hanada Kiyoaki" by Sugamoto Yasuyuki (1996, Musashino Shobo)" ▽ "Ozaki Midori and Hanada Kiyoaki - The Spirit of Humor and the Logic of Parody" by Doi Shuhei (2002, Hokuto Publishing)" ▽ "Tatsuji Inuiguchi, 'A Study of Kiyoaki Hanada -- Takaaki Yoshimoto / War Responsibility / Communism' (2003, Yanagihara Publishing)" ▽ "Tetsuo Kogawa, 'Collection of Essays on Kiyoaki Hanada' (Iwanami Bunko)"

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文芸評論家、小説家、劇作家。明治42年3月29日、福岡市生まれ。京都帝国大学英文科中退。1940年（昭和15）、中野秀人(ひでと)、岡本潤らと『文化組織』を創刊、奇抜なレトリックと弁証法を駆使したエッセイを発表、評論集『自明の理』（1941）、『復興期の精神』（1946）によって評論家としての地位を確立した。第二次世界大戦後は『近代文学』『新日本文学』などに拠(よ)り、文学、演劇、映画など幅広く芸術的プログラムを提示、知識人の硬直した論理や感傷的ヒューマニズムを批判しつつ、現実変革のための前衛理論の確立に努めた。「前近代的なものを否定的媒介として近代を超える」という命題と、『復興期の精神』以来のルネサンス的人間への関心は、のち小説・劇作の分野で具体的に展開され、『鳥獣戯話』（1960～1962）、『爆裂弾記』（1962）、『小説平家』（1967）、『室町小説集』（1973）などの作品を生んだ。評論集に『アヴァンギャルド芸術』（1954）、『近代の超克』（1959）、『日本のルネッサンス人』（1974）など多数がある。昭和49年9月23日没。

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『『花田清輝全集』15巻・別巻2（1979～1980・講談社）』▽『小川徹著『花田清輝の生涯』（1978・思想の科学社）』▽『宮内豊著『ある殉死　花田清輝論』（1979・講談社）』▽『岡庭昇著『花田清輝と安部公房――アヴァンガルド文学の再生のために』（1980・第三文明社）』▽『『花田清輝の世界』（1981・新評社）』▽『絓秀実著『花田清輝　砂のペルソナ』（1982・講談社）』▽『平野栄久著『流行と不易――花田清輝論』（1982・近代文芸社）』▽『好村冨士彦著『真昼の決闘――花田清輝・吉本隆明論争』（1986・晶文社）』▽『関根弘著『シリーズ民間日本学者　花田清輝――二十世紀の孤独者』（1987・リブロポート）』▽『池内紀編『日本幻想文学集成29　花田清輝』（1994・国書刊行会）』▽『石井伸男著『転形期における知識人の闘い方――甦る花田清輝』（1996・窓社）』▽『菅本康之著『フェミニスト花田清輝』（1996・武蔵野書房）』▽『土井淑平著『尾崎翠と花田清輝――ユーモアの精神とパロディの論理』（2002・北斗出版）』▽『乾口達司著『花田清輝論――吉本隆明／戦争責任／コミュニズム』（2003・柳原出版）』▽『粉川哲夫編『花田清輝評論集』（岩波文庫）』

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