English, Department of
Date of this Version
Spring 4-2015
Citation
Rogers, Ian. Scenes From the Gaijin Life. Digital Commons@University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 21 April 2015. Online database.
Abstract
Scenes from the Gaijin Life contains eight interconnected stories about foreigners (gaijin in Japanese) living and working as English teachers in urban Japan. It recounts their daily lives and initial struggles, their jobs and their nights out, their formal conversations and their personal ones. The first five stories use a detached, neutral narration that forces readers to interpret sensory details on their own, while the latter three use an omniscient narration that helps readers understand the characters’ interactions with Japan. Though the eight scenes are all different, they’re connected by estrangement, longing, uncertainty, and the characters’ ever-present dissatisfaction with the unfamiliar world around them.
Adviser: Jonis Agee
Comments
A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts, Major: English, Under the Supervision of Professor Jonis Agee. Lincoln, Nebraska: April, 2015
Copyright (c) 2015 Ian M. Rogers