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It can be argued that in SanshirÅ SÅseki is seeking to constitute lived experience of the late Meiji period (post Russo-Japanese War) in terms of fraught, youthful male-female relations. With Lois Tyson’s “Feminist Criticism†in mind, write about what SÅseki’s treatment of such relationships tells us about what changed and what stayed the same in Japanese society at the time and what the outcomes/consequences of this were. Why, in other words, are SanshirÅ and Mineko unable to form a lasting, intimate relationship, and what does this reveal about the nature and psychosocial dynamics of the Meiji “transformation†of culture and society?
What do you think are the most important take-away insights/messages of the novel, and why? What did you learn from reading SanshirÅ that seems to be relevant/meaningful to our own lives and times?