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T O W N S E N D C E N T E R O C C A S I O N A L P A P E R S • 18  \nON POLITICS AND LITERATURE TWO LECTURES BY KENZABURÔ ÔE  \nDoreen B. Townsend Center for the Arts  \nOn Politics and Literature: Two Lectures by Kenzaburô Ôe  \nTHE DOREEN B. TOWNSEND CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES was established at the University of California at Berkeley in 1987 in order to promote interdisciplinary studies in the humanities. Endowed by Doreen B. Townsend, the Center awards fellowships to advanced graduate students and untenured faculty on the Berkeley campus, and supports interdisciplinary working groups, lectures, and team-taught graduate seminars. It also sponsors symposia and conferences which strengthen research and teaching in the humanities, arts, and related social science fields. The Center is directed by Randolph Starn, Professor of History and Italian Studies. Christina M. Gillis has been Associate Director of the Townsend Center since 1988.  \nThe eighteenth number of the Townsend Center Occasional Papers series includes two lectures by Japanese writer and Nobel laureate KENZABURÔ ÔE, who visited Berkeley in April 1999 to deliver the first in a series of lectures established at the Center for Japanese Studies to honor political theorist Masao Maruyama. In his Maruyama Lecture,“The Language of Masao Maruyama,” Kenzaburô Ôe focuses upon the problem of political responsibliity in the modern world, taking Maruyama’s major work as his point of departure; in a second (unrelated) lecture,“From the Beginning to the Present, and Facing the End: The Case of One Japanese Writer,” Kenzaburô Ôe offers an account of his own development as a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. In a year dedicated to demonstrating the importance of international dimensions in the humanities, the Townsend Center was particularly honored and gratified to have the opportunity to work with Professor Andrew Barshay and the Center for Japanese Studies in welcoming Kenzaburô Ôe to Berkeley.  \nFunding for the OCCASIONAL PAPERS ofthe Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities is provided by Dean Joseph Cerny of the Graduate Division, and by other donors. Begun in 1994-95, the series makes available in print and on-line some of the many lectures delivered in Townsend Center programs. The series is registered with the Library of Congress. For more information on the publication, please contact the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall, The University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2340, [http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/townsend](http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/townsend),(510) 643-9670.  \nOccasional Papers Series Editor: Christina M. Gillis  \nAssistant Editor & Production: Jill Stauffer Printed by Hunza Graphics, Berkeley, California  \nAll texts © The Regents ofthe University of California and the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, 1999. No portion of this publication may be reproduced by any means without the express permission of the authors or of the Center.  \nISBN 1-881865-18-5  \nOccasional Papersofthe Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, no. 18.  \nContents  \nTwo Lectures by Kenzaburô Ôe  \nPreface  \nRandolph Starn v  \nIntroduction  \nAndrew E. Barshay 1  \nTwo Lectures by Kenzaburô Ôe:  \n“The Language of Masao Maruyama” 5  \nAudience Comments 24  \n“From the Beginning to the Present, and Facing the End:  \nThe Case of One Japanese Writer” 29  \nAudience Comments 46  \nPreface  \nTwo years ago my colleague and friend Andrew Barshay and I began talking about inviting Kenzaburô Ôe to launch a lecture series in honor of the late Masao Maruyama. Besides our admiration for the work ofthe two men, we thought that it was vitally important to cross the cultural and institutional boundaries separating the humanities and area studies in the university. We could not imagine better guides: Masao Maruyama was a democratic political thinker who was also a prize-winning author with a keen understanding of the role of language in constructin","cbCaikwvnePYQo2v","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikwvnePYQo2v","pdf",1059193,58,"English","# Two Lectures by Kenzaburô Ôe\n## Preface\n## Randolph Starn v\n## Introduction\n## Andrew E. Barshay 1\n## “The Language of Masao Maruyama” 5\n## Audience Comments 24\n## “From the Beginning to the Present, and Facing the End: The Case of One Japanese Writer” 29\n## Audience Comments 46","[{\"question\":\"What is the focus of the lecture “The Language of Masao Maruyama”?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on the problem of political responsibility in the modern world, using Masao Maruyama’s major work as the starting point.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the second lecture, “From the Beginning to the Present, and Facing the End,” cover?\",\"answer\":\"It provides an account of Kenzaburô Ôe’s development as a writer of both fiction and non-fiction.\"},{\"question\":\"Which series and center publish these lectures?\",\"answer\":\"The lectures are included in the Townsend Center Occasional Papers series, issued by the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities at UC Berkeley.\"}]","On Politics and Literature - Two Lectures by Kenzaburô Ôe | PDF",1791757625,89]