Rate My Professor Nobutaka Konaka

Konaka’s scholarly work focuses on Modern Japanese Literature, with research projects on gender and family in Japanese literature and literature of the Meiji 30s. He has produced a substantial body of publications, including books *Study of the Magazine “Shumi”* (1984) and *Comprehensive Index of “Josei”* (1982). Key articles encompass “On ‘Haru’: For the Theory of ‘Haru’ – Attempt at Toson Shimazaki’s Literary World Era” (1981, *Bungaku to Hihyo*), “The Era of <戒>: Issues Surrounding ‘Hakai’” (1986, *Bungaku to Hihyo*), “Anti-Modernism in ‘Yoake Mae’: Inversion of Madness” (1988, *Korosa Showa Bungakushi*), “The Betrayal of <Literature>: ‘Futon’ and Naturalism” (1990, *Kokubungaku Kenkyu*), “The End of Youthful Fantasy” (1991, *Kaishaku to Kansho*), “The Healing Power of the <Home>” (1995, *Nihon Kindai Bungaku*), “Desiring Children: On ‘The Little Kingdom’” (1996, *Atomi Gakuen Joshi Daigaku Tanki Daigakubu Kiyo*), “Family Strategies in ‘Kokoro’” (1997, *Seki-seki Kenkyu*), “Festival of the <Touching> Body: ‘Himitsu’ as Anti-Map Novel” (1998, same bulletin), and “My Text Strategy: Reading Mori Ogai’s ‘Ganseki’” (2000, same). He also contributed as a committee member to the Showa Literature Society in 1992.