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Edition 3 (2007) honorable mention
Nobu Inoue
いのうえ のぶ
Inoue Nobu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Miyagi Prefecture
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- children's literature researcher, literary critic, part-time lecturer
- Active Years
- 1999-
- Affiliations
- Tokyo Metropolitan University (part-time lecturer), Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology (part-time lecturer), Chiba University (part-time lecturer)
- Memberships
- Japan Association of Children's Literature
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Metropolitan University | Graduate School of Humanities | Children's Literature / Comparative Literature | 博士（文学） | 2002-2009 | Japan |
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Graduate School of Humanities
/ Children's Literature / Comparative Literature
Degree:
博士（文学）
Period:
2002-2009
Year of Graduation:
2009
Country:
Japan
Ph.D. in Literature. Doctoral dissertation: "Problems of Intra-Textual Fantasy in Postwar Japanese Children's Literature"
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Japan Association of Children's Literature Critics — New Critics Prize (Honorable Mention) | "Considerations on the Possibilities of Fantasy Children's Literature — On the Works of Masaru Ozawa and Jun Okada" | — | Japan Association of Children's Literature | 佳作 |
Japan Association of Children's Literature Critics — New Critics Prize (Honorable Mention)
2007
Work:
"Considerations on the Possibilities of Fantasy Children's Literature — On the Works of Masaru Ozawa and Jun Okada"
Organization:
Japan Association of Children's Literature
Result:
佳作
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Problems of "Intra-Textual Fantasy" in Postwar Japanese Children's Literature
2009 academic research (doctoral dissertation)A doctoral dissertation analyzing the emergence and issues of intra-textual fantasy in postwar Japanese children's literature. It addresses the construction of fantasy worlds within texts and questions of interpretation.
children's literaturefantasynarrative theorytextual analysis
Between Light Novels and Children's Literature
2009 critical essay (chapter in edited volume)An essay discussing the boundaries and interactions between light novels and children's literature. Analyzes features and intersections of both genres from a genre-theoretical perspective.
light novelchildren's literaturegenre theory
Bibliography
- 'Fantasy Is Not a Tool of Reality - On Taijiro Tenma's "Light Vehicle, Spin!"' Ronju No.16, 2002
- 'Processed Fantasy - On Nahoko Uehashi's "Moribito" series' Ronju No.17, 2003
- Doctoral dissertation: 'Problems of Intra-Textual Fantasy in Postwar Japanese Children's Literature', Tokyo Metropolitan University, 2009
- Chapter: 'Between Light Novels and Children's Literature' in edited volume, Seikyusha, 2009
- Chapter: 'The Birth of "Narrative" - The Problem of "Fantasy" in Kohei Uetono's "Boogiepop" series', 2013
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly critical analysiscross-genre comparative approach
- Recurring Motifs
- conceptualization of fantasyissues of narrative and interpretation
Legacy
A researcher known for bridging studies of children's literature and light novels. Through scholarly articles and edited volumes he has contributed to genre studies and narrative theory.
Academic Societies
- Japan Association of Children's Literature
Trivia
- Born in 1969 (Miyagi Prefecture).
- Began activities with the Children's Literature Criticism Research Group in 1999.
- Received a Ph.D. in Literature from Tokyo Metropolitan University in 2009.