Sorekara
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Sorekara is a 1909 novel by Japanese author Natsume Sōseki that explores themes of individualism, morality, and modernity through the story of an introspective intellectual caught in a complex love and social dilemma.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | film ⓘ |
| author | Natsume Sōseki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| exploresConflictBetween |
Western individualism and Japanese tradition
ⓘ
personal desire and social duty ⓘ |
| followedBy | Mon (The Gate) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ romantic fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Sorekara (1985 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLoveTriangle | true ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Meiji period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Daisuke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Meiji-era social change
ⓘ
introspective psychological portrayal of the protagonist ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| originalMedium | newspaper serialization ⓘ |
| originalSerialization | Asahi Shimbun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Natsume Sōseki’s later novels ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | intellectual ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1909 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Meiji era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
conflict between tradition and modernity ⓘ family duty ⓘ individualism ⓘ love ⓘ modernity ⓘ morality ⓘ social obligation ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | And Then NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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