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Download date 30/09/2021 21:25:15 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144389 BODY IN MOTION: FURUKAWA HIDEO, WRITER FOR THE MULTIMEDIA AGE By Michael Sergeevich Ignatov _____________________ Copyright © Michael Sergeevich Ignatov 2011 A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2011 2 STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This thesis has been submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced degree at the University of Arizona and is deposited in the University Library to be made available to borrowers under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this thesis are allowable without special permission, provided that accurate acknowledgment of source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the copyright holder. SIGNED: Mikhail S. Ignatov APPROVAL BY THESIS DIRECTOR This thesis has been approved on the date shown below: 04/27/11 Dr. J. Philip Gabriel Date Professor of East Asian Studies 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank everyone in the East Asian Studies Department at the University of Arizona during my time here. It is here, after taking Dr. Philip Gabriel’s class on Japanese Literature, that I knew I wanted to pursue the subject further. I also need to extend my appreciation to him for encouraging my undergraduate attempts at translation, and overseeing my Senior Capstone and Honors Thesis, which were time-consuming labors for us both. Likewise, I must thank Dr. Noel Pinnington who has been unbelievably gracious with his time, even when I was at my most irritating. I am deeply grateful for their support. The East Asian Studies graduate students, current and former, who always make the days at the office a little brighter know who they are. The members of my thesis committee deserve special recognition: Dr. Philip Gabriel, Dr. Noel Pinnington, and Dr. Dian Li. 4 DEDICATION Dedicated to my late grandmother, Anna Mikhailovna Alyoshina, who passed away in January of this year. May her memory be eternal. And to K: Kimi narade… 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................................8 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION..................................................................................9 CHAPTER TWO: BIOGRAPHY AND OVERVIEW OF WORKS Introduction....................................................................................................................16 Early Years: You Can Take the Boy out of the Bonchi.................................................17 Work: Wizardry (1994)..................................................................................................20 The Debut: 13 (1998).....................................................................................................22 Chinmoku (1998) ...........................................................................................................24 Abyssinian (2000) ..........................................................................................................26 Arabia no yoru no shuzoku (2001) ................................................................................27 The Murakami Tribute: Chūgoku yuki no surou bōto RMX (2003................................30 The Murakami Tribute, contd. (?): Soundtrack (2003) .................................................32 Body and Soul (2004) ....................................................................................................35 gift (2004) ......................................................................................................................36 Beruka hoenai no ka? (2005) ........................................................................................37 LOVE (2005)..................................................................................................................39 Rock ‘n’ Roll (2005) ......................................................................................................41 Route 350 (2006) ...........................................................................................................42 Bokutachi wa arukanai (2006) ......................................................................................42 Summer Vacation EP (2007) .........................................................................................43 Haru, haru, haru (2007) ................................................................................................44 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS - Continued Godstar (2007)...............................................................................................................45 Seikazoku (2008)............................................................................................................46 After The Holy Family...................................................................................................47 CHAPTER THREE: THE MURAKAMI REMIX Introduction....................................................................................................................48 A Cognitive Approach...................................................................................................51 Murakami’s Slow Boat..................................................................................................55 Furukawa’s Slow Boat...................................................................................................59 Structural Relationship ..................................................................................................73 Murakami Domain: Time and History ..........................................................................77 Murakami Domain: After 1995 .....................................................................................79 Murakami Domain: The Seeds ......................................................................................82 Furukawa Domain: Chronicler of the Misfit Generation ..............................................88 Furukawa Domain: The Dreamer ..................................................................................91 The Blended Story .........................................................................................................93 Conclusion .....................................................................................................................96 CHAPTER FOUR: LOVE, NARRATIVE CARTOGRAPHY, AND THE THEME- SPACE MATRIX Introduction....................................................................................................................99 Characters ....................................................................................................................101 Sujet .............................................................................................................................104 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS - Continued Heart(s) ........................................................................................................................111 The General Theory of Narrative Cartography ...........................................................119 The Specific Narrative Cartography............................................................................127 Conclusion ...................................................................................................................134 CHAPTER FIVE: GODSTAR, ORALITY, AND THE MULTIMEDIA AGE Introduction..................................................................................................................136 Sujet .............................................................................................................................137 The Narrator Problem..................................................................................................140 From Fiction to Reality................................................................................................143 Jimonjitō – The Internal Dialectic ...............................................................................147 Orality and Performance..............................................................................................150 Aural and Visual Rhythm in Godstar..........................................................................158 Regression, Reflection, or Accommodation? ..............................................................160 Conclusion ...................................................................................................................165 CONCLUDING REMARKS...........................................................................................168 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................171 8 ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to serve as an introduction of the work of the contemporary Japanese author, Furukawa Hideo 古川日出男 (b. 1966), to the Anglophone audience. 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