Abstract

This thesis considers how Mori Ōgai’s “Maihime” (1890) and Su Manshu’s “Suizanji” (1916) conform and differ from Edgar Allen Poe’s theory of the short story. It then considers Ōgai’s and Su’s reading of the short stories and East Asian short fiction as well as Ōgai’s definition of the short story to consider why these works of short fiction differ from Poe’s definition, concluding that they are hybrid works, which seek to combine the short story and East Asian short fiction.

Degree

MA

College and Department

Humanities; Comparative Arts and Letters

Rights

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Date Submitted

2024-04-22

Document Type

Thesis

Handle

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd13223

Keywords

Edgar Allen Poe, Late Qing literature, Meiji literature, Mori Ōgai, short story history, short story theory, Su Manshu

Language

english

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