How much do you know about mystery novels about Japan? Perhaps there will be various mystery novel lists on the Internet, which can meet the needs of many people for mystery novels; there are also many introductions about mystery novels (although the quality is uneven). But it is obviously not enough for someone to carefully and systematically understand the history of Japanese mystery novels and to have an objective and clear evaluation of the entire Japanese mystery novel. Whether it is a novice who has just entered the mystery pit or a great master who has been immersed in it for many years, I believe that after reading this article, you will definitely gain something! (No longer worry about not finding wonderful mystery novels!)
1. Origin of mystery novels
mystery novels first emerged in Japan (of course, it also grew stronger in Japan). Mystery novels are also a kind of detective novels, but in fact there is no difference in essence. Then why is it called "infernal novel"? After World War II, Japan will carry out text reforms, and the word "detect" will be abandoned. What should I use instead? At that time, Edogawa Ranbu and Kiki Takara proposed to change "detective novels" to "infernal novels", which became the origin of "infernal novels". Later, when China translated Japanese mystery novels, it followed the concept of "inferior novels".
2. Japanese mystery novel genre
Benge school: "Benge" means "original", which is the most classic and traditional genre in mystery novels. The native school can also be said to be an orthodox school or a classic school. It mainly focuses on logical inference and mystery, which is opposite to the social school that focuses on reality. It does not focus on reality, but uses thrilling plots and intriguing tricks to unfold the plot through logical reasoning.
Benge-style readers who enjoy solving puzzles, usually keeping readers and detectives on the same plane as possible, with the same number of clues. Some native mystery novels will have a declaration of "challenging the reader" (such as Ellery Quinn), which means telling the reader that "you have enough clues to solve puzzles here" to challenge whether readers can solve puzzles like detectives. Therefore, focusing on fairness and rational logic is a characteristic of this type of reasoning.
Transformation School: The first to explain the "transformation School" was the proletarian writer and detective novel critic Hirarika Shinosuke. As early as 1926, he pointed out in his paper "All aspects of the detective novel literary world" that "novels that explore mental illness, abnormal psychological themes, and use mysteries to present a sense of wonder and surprise can be classified as "unsound school", which is different from the "reform school" used to solve puzzles and reason." This is also the origin of the meaning of the name of the Transformation School.
(Many articles on the Internet believe that the representative figure of the Benge school is Edogawa Ranbu, while the Breeding School is represented by the Yokogawa Official History. This view is probably because Mr. Cao Wenzheng classified the Yokogawa Official History into the "Breeding School" in "A Brief History of World Detective Novels". However, in fact, most of the works of the Yokogawa Official History have the characteristics of the Benge school, but many of the Edogawa Novel works such as "Spider Man", "Vampire", "Ghost of the Isolated Island", "Blind Beast", etc., all have a strong Breeding School style.)
Social School: In the 1950s, social school reasoning emerged. The original founder of the Socialist School was Matsumoto Kiyoshi, who introduced pure literary methods into mystery novels, bringing Japanese mystery novels to unprecedented heights. Socialists are accustomed to putting the plot of investigation into a broad social background, delving into the spiritual world of criminals, exploring the social causes of murder, revealing social contradictions and dark phenomena, and criticizing the evil of war. The works have a strong sense of the times and critical spirit. Compared with other schools of reasoning, the social faction pays more attention to criminal motives, criticizes social phenomena, excludes famous detectives, and has a profound description of human nature.
New Bin Ge School: In the late 1980s, the "New Bin Ge School" emerged. Putting aside the narrow reality of "whether it will actually happen", in a completely fictional story, the pursuit of interesting mystery novels with the reality within the fictional work as the premise, "mysteries", "logic" and "surprising puzzles", these are the characteristics of the "new native" novel.
3. Japanese mystery novels famous
There are too many famous creators in Japanese mystery novels. Here we will only introduce some more representative writers, please provide reference for your reference.
Edogawa Ranbu
Edogawa Ranbu
Edogawa Ranbu, known in the Japanese literary world as the "father of detective mystery novels", is the most famous detective novelist in Japan. His works have confusing plots and strong suspense, full of strange and bizarre atmospheres, and have reasonable reasoning and judgments. They use absurd and fantasy romance as the main theme of the creation, and can deeply grasp the characters' psychology, and their reasoning is rigorous and impeccable! The detective Kogoro in his works is a household name in Japan. Representative works: "Demon" and "Ghost of the Isle of the Isle".
Henggou Official History
can be said to be the founder of modern Japanese detective novels. It is the founder of modern Japanese mystery novels. It has improved Japan's mystery novels after World War II, shortened the original gap with Europe and the United States, and laid the foundation for the grand occasion of Japanese mystery novels coming from behind and dominating the world after the war. The famous detective Kazusuke Kazusuke Kamida has become one of the most well-known detective images in Japan with his unkempt personality and extraordinary insight into the case. His representative works include "The God of the Dog Family", "The Murder of the Origin", "The Prison Gate Island", "The Devil Comes with the Flute", etc.
Matsumoto Kiyoshi
It can be said that Matsumoto's novels tend to be more inclined to the causes of crime, and are good at describing mystery novels that describe business war themes, a master of the Japanese literary world and an outstanding master of mystery novels. His creations broke the fixed pattern of the native and varied schools in the early Japanese detective novels, and got rid of the socialist mystery novels in previous creations. He has a lot of works, mainly including "Black Mist in Japan", "Points and Lines", "Eyes in the Wall", "Sandware", "Women's Ladder", "Women's Cost", etc., and "Sandware" and other works were also filmed as movies of the same name.
Morimura Seiichi
Representative of the new social school of Japanese mystery novels. It is different from the social faction represented by Matsumoto Kiyoshi. The latter reveals the evils committed by people in various fields after the war through crimes, showing the darkness of society. The former reflects the disadvantages of society by exposing the distortion of human psychology and human nature in the context of society. Seiichi Morimura is a representative of detective novelists who are good at describing events from the perspective of criminals and portraying psychological descriptions. The movie "The Proof of Human Nature" (Chinese name "The Testimony") was a sensation in China! Representative work: "Proof Trilogy".
Nakusu Shizuko
In the works, Natsuki Shizuko fully utilizes the strengths of female writers. With her delicate writing style, she portrays women's psychology vividly and vividly. In order to create, you often have to conduct in-depth interviews on the prototype of the novel, and insert suspense and reasoning on this basis. Every detail must be repeatedly pondered and is impeccable to be considered as the completion of the draft. Representative works: "Residential Tragedy", "Privacy of Transgenders", "Scene Proof of Criminals", "Illusion of Case", "Evaporation", and "Runtrack Light".
Shimada Soji
The father of the new Japanese native. Since his publication of "Astrology and Killing Magic", it marks the arrival of a new natural era of mystery novels. His works are magnificent, amazing imagination and rich in content. This style is called "Shibada Ruo". Not only did he have excellent works, he also inspired a large number of excellent reasoning writers such as Ayatsutsuki Mitsuto. It completely transcends Europe and the United States and becomes the overlord today. In addition to "Astrology and Murder Magic", his representative works include "Slanted House Crime", "Alien Knight", "Wonderful Illusion", etc.
Higashino Keigo
The most popular detective novelist in Japan today won the highest award in the Japanese mystery industry for "After School" in 1985. He then specialized in detective novel creation. "White Night", "Fantasy Night", "Secret Love" and other outstanding masterpieces. In 2006, "The Dedication of Suspect X" was an unprecedented success in winning the Japanese Naoki Award, the Principal Reasoning Award and the first place in the three major mystery novels of the year. His novels mostly highlight the dark side of human nature with profound and sharp words, and the plot is ups and downs. He will never know what the ending is until the last moment. He is an excellent mystery novelist who combines life, humanity, reasoning, plot, etc. Many novels have been made into TV series and can set off a ratings craze.
Nishio Restoration
One of the important members of the current new generation of mass writers in Japan. Born in 1981. In 2002, he won the 23rd Mayfest Award for his debut work "The Beheading Cycle - Blue Scholar and Joke Follower". His works include two major series "Joke" and "New Magical Girl Lisjia", as well as the "JDC Tribute" series that pays tribute to Qingliangyuan Shushui. With a relaxed and lively style, combining comic illustrations and a story style of natural reasoning, he quickly became active and highly popular as soon as he debuted. The recently adapted "The Story of the Flowers" series has also quickly accumulated high popularity.
In addition, the works of Isaka Yukitaro, Ochi, Otsuji Yuto, Kyoko Natsuhiko, Miyuki Miyabe, Arisuke Arisu, Miyao Oo Hidesuke, Moono Hisaku, Toshiki Imano, Yonezawa Hoshino, etc. are also very outstanding, and I will not list them one by one here.
4. Japanese mystery novel related resource links
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/1821199636 (The list of previous awards for the Japanese mystery novel awards, including the Japanese mystery writers association award, Edogawa Ranbu Award, Ayukawa Tetsuya Award, and Mephist Award. This mystery novel is amazing! The grand prize is the original mystery award, I want to read mystery novels! Grand Prize, Yokogami Official History Award)
https://www.douban.com/group/topic/2191996/ (Douban mystery related group links, there are so many resources, and the door to discover the new world)
http://jp.hjenglish.com/new/p713623/?op (20 recommended mainstream mystery novels)
http://www.book110.com/1488.html (60 recommended scored mystery novels, guaranteeing quality)
Content source: Baidu Encyclopedia and Wikipedia related entries, 45-degree fish's blog article "Japanese mystery novelist"
Picture source: 360 pictures
Editor: Zhejiang University WeChat News Agency Wang Pengfei
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