Japanese Literary Theories (eBook, ePUB)

An Anthology
Redaktion: Holca, Irina; Oura, Yasusuke / Übersetzer: Brightwell, Erin L.; Yamamoto, Yoshitaka; Pasca, Roman; Morisato, Takeshi; Lee, Clarence I-Zhuen; Khezrnejat, Gregory; Holca, Irina; Haag, Andre de

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Japanese Literary Theories: An Anthology is the English translation of the 2017 volume edited by Yasusuke Oura (Nihon Bungaku Riron: Ansorojii), which grew from a unique collaboration between scholars of Western literatures and scholars of modern Japanese literature. Its eight thematic chapters on various aspects of literary theory each contain excerpts from representative texts by Japanese intellectuals, discussed against the background of Japan's ongoing negotiations with foreign ideas. The anthology offers a comprehensive image of the development of Japanese literary theories, from the beginning of the Meiji period in 1868 and up to the present day. The translation of this anthology, another collaborative project, brings to the English-speaking reader heretofore untranslated pieces by Japanese critics, scholars, and creative writers, providing a point of entry into a variety of intellectual discourses from modern and contemporary Japan. It enriches the repertoire of literary theories available in English, while shedding light on the ways in which literature and literary theory travel back and forth within various linguistic spheres, serving as central loci of intellectual negotiation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666963144
• Artikelnr.: 74939413

Autorenporträt

Irina Holca, editor of the English translation, is associate professor of modern and contemporary Japanese literature at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies/ Yasusuke Oura, editor of the Japanese anthology, is a specialist in literary theory and professor emeritus at Kyoto University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Irina Holca
Chapter 1: Theories of The Novel
Yasusuke Oura and Tomoe Nakamura/ Tr. Gregory Khezrnejat
Chapter 2: Theories of Description
Akihiro Kubo and Tomoe Nakamura/ Tr. Erin L. Brightwell and Irina Holca
Chapter 3: Theories of Narrative
Manabu Kawada, Kayo Sasao, and Atsuko Nishikawa/ Tr. Yoshitaka Yamamoto and
Roman Pa?ca
Chapter 4: Theories of Poetic Language
Masahiro Iwamatsu, Sho Saito, and Tomoe Nakamura/ Tr. Yoshitaka Yamamoto
Chapter 5: Theories of Fiction
Hiroshi Iijima, Naoko Kitamura Iwamatsu, and Yoshiki Hidaka/ Tr. Gregory
Khezrnejat and Takeshi Morisato
Chapter 6: Theories of The Reader
Masahiro Iwamatsu, Akira Kikuchi, and Kayo Sasao/ Tr. Clarence I-Zhuen Lee
and Roman Pa?ca
Chapter 7: Theories of Origin, Theories of Emergence
Akira Kikuchi, Akihiro Kubo, and Atsuko Nishikawa/ Tr. Andre de Haag and
Clarence I-Zhuen Lee
Chapter 8: What is Literature?
Yasusuke Oura and Tomoyuki Nagata/ Tr. Takeshi Morisato