Light and Darkness
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"Light and Darkness" is an unfinished psychological novel by Japanese author Natsume Sōseki that explores marital conflict, social ambition, and inner turmoil in early 20th-century Japan.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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psychological novel ⓘ unfinished novel ⓘ |
| author | Natsume Sōseki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological fiction
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance | true ⓘ |
| incomplete | true ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
inner turmoil
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marital conflict ⓘ social ambition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed psychological characterization
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portrayal of middle-class life in Meiji–Taishō Japan ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Natsume Sōseki bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| reasonForIncompletion | death of the author ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th-century Japan ⓘ |
| theme |
individual vs society
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jealousy ⓘ marriage ⓘ modernity and tradition ⓘ psychological conflict ⓘ social status ⓘ |
| workOf | Natsume Sōseki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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