Chaos or Coherence? : Satō Haruo's Novel Denen No Yūutsu and Yu Dafu's Trilogy Chenlun
                        
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doi:10.4324/9781315060309-15

ABSTRACT

The title ‘Chaos or Coherence?’ does not only refer to problems of novelistic structure and plot, but also to the central theme of both novels, the state of mind of an alienated hero.