Research Theme :
Basic Concepts in the History of Chinese Literature in the 20th Century
OZAKI Fumiaki is Professor of Chinese Literature; his main subject is modern literature. He received his B.A. (1972) and his Master of Literature degree (1975) from the University of Tokyo. He also studied at the School of Chinese Linguistics and Literature at Beijing University (1980-83). Before being appointed to his current position in 1996, he was Lecturer (1985-89) and Associate Professor (1989-96) in the School of Arts and Letters at Meiji University.His research focuses mainly on two areas: 1) the literary world in the May-Fourth era; and 2) the literature and thought of Lu Xun and his brother Zhou Zuo-ren. He is also interested in Chinese modern poetry and the literature and thought of China in the 1980s and 1990s.
Professor Ozaki's major publications on Chinese modern literature include "An Essay on the 'Duoyi' (Sceptical) Thinking Style of Lu Xun", in Frontiers in Studies on Lu Xun , (Tokyo: Kyuko Shoin, 1992), 73-94, "On the
Dual Meaning of 'Hometown' and 'Hope': A New Reading of Lu Xun's Fiction My Hometown", Hyo-fu 21 (1988): 1-22, "On the New Community Movement Advocated by Zhou Zuo-ren and Its Intellectual Influence in the Early Years of Modern China, Parts 1-2", The Bulletin of Arts and Science, Meiji University 207 (1988): 119-136, 237 (1991): 67-85, "An Essay on Shen Cong-wen and the Literary Circles in Beijing and Shanghai: Analyzing the Dispute over `Anti Mediocre Literature' in 1937", Oriental Culture 65 (1985): 85-116, and "The Origins of the Clash Between Zhou Zuo-ren and Chen Du-xiu: A Glimpse of Zhou Zuo-ren's Development as a Writer and Thinker in the May-Fourth Era", Bulletin of the Sinological Society of Japan 35 (1983): 232-244.