'Mother's Son'

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This paper discusses the themes of the story "Mother's Son" by Okamnoto Kanoko, noting how though her work is not necessarily autobiographical, her writings do reflect her specific literary and social concerns. In her story 'Mother's Love', she joins in what was called the tradition of writers she admired, meaning writers who wrote obsessively about the inner life of their characters and were thought to take a perverse pleasure in the suffering of those characters. This paper points out how some of this same obsessive nature can be seen in Konoko's story.

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Many of the female writers in the second wave of Japanese female writers feature female protagonists whose experiences reflect aspects of their own lives, which is not at all surprising. This can be seen clearly in the writings of Okamnoto Kanoko, whose heroines, like herself, are charming women affected by a certain degree of self pity because of their background. Her work is not necessarily autobiographical, but her writings do reflect her specific literary and social concerns. In her story "Mother's Love," she joins in what was called the "I" tradition of writers she admired, meaning writers who wrote obsessively about the inner life of their characters and were thought to take a perverse pleasure in the suffering of those characters. Some of this same obsessive nature can be seen in Konoko's story.

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