Masters Theses 1896 - February 2014 Copyright (c) 2014 University of Massachusetts - Amherst All rights reserved. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses Recent documents in Masters Theses 1896 - February 2014 en-us Tue, 23 Dec 2014 07:17:55 PST 3600 Prison of the Setting Sun: A Translation of Ono Fuyumi's Rakushō no goku http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1253 http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1253 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:00:57 PST In this thesis, I have presented my translation of the novella Rakushō no goku (落照の獄) by Ono Fuyumi, preceded by a critical introduction. In this introduction, I have provided brief biographical information about the author, context for the story and its place in the Twelve Kingdoms series of novels, an analysis of the story's use of the death penalty as allegory, and an explanation for some of my choices in the translation.

In my introduction, my main purpose was to present the author, who has written multiple best-selling, award-winning novels that have received both popular and critical acclaim, yet has received little notice abroad and even less scholarly attention both in and out of Japan, as a writer meriting further study. To this end, I have used my own translation of Rakushō no goku as a primary example of the depth and value of her work, presenting my reading of the conflict in Rakushō no goku as an oblique criticism of the death penalty in Japan, and attempting to tie the story into a longstanding literary tradition of using the fantastic as allegory in order to comment on and critique contemporary culture.

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Some effects of ammonium sulfate on soils http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1252 http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1252 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:32:47 PDT Ruprecht, Rudolf William Some condensation products of fluorenone - 5 - carboxylic acid http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1251 http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1251 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:08:43 PDT French, Rowland Barnes Damping-off of onion seedlings due to Rhizoctonia http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1250 http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1250 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:08:42 PDT Clark, Dorothy Porter Investigations in avocado breeding http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1249 http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1249 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:08:41 PDT Nirody, B. S. The differential reactions of hemolytic and other streptococci to methylene blue http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1248 http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1248 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:08:40 PDT Avery, Roy Crowdy An investigation of the effects of sugar, acid and pectin on the quality of gels http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1247 http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1247 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:08:38 PDT Stratford, Reginald K. The moisture content of acid soils as a factor influencing their lime requirement http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1246 http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1246 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:08:37 PDT Mallorey, Alfred Sidney New England's agricultural position http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1245 http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1245 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:08:36 PDT Folsom, Josiah C. Factors affecting the pop-ability of pop corn http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1244 http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1244 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:08:35 PDT Purington, James A.
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