The Gap Between Serious Literature and Popular Novels: A Comparison of “Endings” in Contemporary Literature

MAEKAWA, Yutaka

doi:2017.4.1.14

The Journal of Japanese Language Literature Studies > Volume 4(1); 2017 > Article

Essays-The Words of Border Crossings

Border Crossings: The Journal of Japanese-Language Literature Studies 2017;4(1): 14-24.
doi: https://doi.org/10.22628/bcjjl.2017.4.1.14

The Gap Between Serious Literature and Popular Novels: A Comparison of “Endings” in Contemporary Literature

Yutaka MAEKAWA

小説家、法政大学国際文化学部教授

純文学と大衆小説の狭間

前川裕

Correspondence Yutaka MAEKAWA ,Email: y-maekawa@nifty.com

Published online: 30 June 2017.

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.