Atsushi Koyano

Atsushi Koyano (小谷野 敦, Koyano Atsushi, 21 December 1962) is a Japanese scholar of comparative literature and critic.[1] He also has advanced degrees and pedagogy careers in Osaka University, Meiji University, Tokyo University.

Early life and education

Born in Mitsukaido, Ibaraki on 21 December 1962,[2] Koyano moved to Koshigaya, Saitama, a suburb of Tokyo when he was a third grader. He spent three years at Kaijo High School at Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, which had been founded in 1891 as a prep school for Japan's Naval Academy, before entering the prestigious University of Tokyo (Todai). After graduating from Todai, Faculty of Letters (majoring in English literature), his academic career further progressed. He lectured full-time at Osaka University from April 1994 to March 1999.[3] During that time, he gained a PhD[4] from Todai in 1997 for his work on the male psychology of love in Japanese literature in historical contexts.

Thought

Koyano specializes in "Falling in loves and Marriages in the modern Japanese society".[5]

Literature and researches
  • "Motenai Otoko - ren ai ron wo koe te"
(The title : Always alone - beyond the "Falling in love"[6])
  • "Edo Genso Hihan"
(The Contents : On the research for Edo period, he is provoking and sometimes prohibiting the exceeded and inappropriate historical imaging without suitable references[7])
  • "Tennosei Hihan no Joshiki"
(The Common Sense of Criticism on the Monarchy[8])
gollark: What?
gollark: He admits it → must be true.
gollark: He's denying it → coverup → it must be true.
gollark: Ah, your alt.
gollark: `y=tan(10x)/10+x` contains trigonometric functions.

References
  1. "あなたにとっての「結婚の決め手」は何ですか？(For you "decisive marriage" What is?)" (in Japanese). Nikkei Business Online. 14 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  2. 追分日出子「現代の肖像 小谷野敦――比較文学者」『AERA』第16巻(34号) (通号 823) 2003年8月11日号、朝日新聞出版、2003年8月11日、 56-61頁。
  3. "小谷野敦氏の「辞職顛末」". sunchan2004.hatenadiary.org. 徒然なる備忘録. Retrieved 1 March 2005.
  4. "小谷野敦". www.shinchosha.co.jp. 新潮社. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  5. "恋愛の昭和史". books.bunshun.jp. 文藝春秋. Retrieved 1 March 2005.
  6. "もてない男─恋愛論を超えて". www.chikumashobo.co.jp. 筑摩書房. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  7. "改訂新版 江戸幻想批判". www.shin-yo-sha.co.jp. 新曜社. Retrieved 1 March 2005.
  8. "小谷野敦『天皇制批判の常識』(2010年 洋泉社刊)を、Kindleにて電子復刊します。". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved 1 March 2005.
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