Adaptions of Western Literature in Meiji Japan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

This work examines three examples of late 19th century Japanese adaptations of Western literature: a biography of U.S. Grant recasting him as a Japanese warrior, a Victorian novel reset as oral performance, and an American melodrama redone as a serialized novel promoting the reform of Japanese theatre. Written from a comparative perspective, it argues that adaptation (hon'an) was a valid form of contemporary Japanese translation that fostered creative appropriation across many genres and among a diverse group of writers and artists. In addition, it invites readers to reconsider adaptation in the context of translation theory.

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Utgivningsdatum:2002-02-08
Mått:140 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt:382 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:180
Upplaga:2001
Förlag:St Martin's Press
ISBN:9780312239954

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J. SCOTT MILLER received his Ph.D. in East Asian Studies from Princeton University, focusing on Japanese and Comparative Literature, and is currently professor and associate dean of honors at Brigham Young University and editor of the Bulletin of the International Comparative Literature Association. In addition to publishing on the connections between oral and written narrative in Meiji Japan, he has discovered, remastered and produced a compact disc containing the earliest commercial recordings of Japanese speech and music (the famed Kawakami Troupe), recorded originally at the 1900 Paris Exposition.

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"Miller's book penetrates arcane literary idioms and stylized woodblock orthographies to present a refreshingly new perspective..." - John Mertz, The Comparatist

Innehållsförteckning

Towards a Theory of Adaptation: Hon'an in Meiji Japan More Romance than Reality: Ulysses S. Grant as Japanese Warrior From Madness to Murder: Victorian Novel as Ninjôbanashi A Visible Poetics: American Melodrama as Newspaper Novel