What Is the "JLA"?(<Special Issue>What Is the JLA? : Literary Studies and Studies on Kokugo Teaching)

Abstract

I have been a member of the Japanese Literature Association for thirty-five years. Here I will look back on what I have done during the years and think of with what problems now I am faced. My argument will be centered on the present condition of the JLA and the role of the Kokugo Division in order to ascertain that the crisis of literature is closely related to current educational problems in the teaching of kokugo.