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This volume is a selection of papers originally read in English at the fifth edition of the Inter... more This volume is a selection of papers originally read in English at the fifth edition of the International Conference on “Orient in Literature – Literature of the Orient” (OLLO), which took place from 28 March to 29 March 2019 at the Faculty of Languages of the Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Torun.
The work presents articles discussing various subjects relating to literary, cultural borders and... more The work presents articles discussing various subjects relating to literary, cultural borders and borderlands as well as their crossings with the Orient and the Occident. A broad, multifaceted scope of the volume draws the attention of readers to the problem of liminal spaces between cultures, genres, codes and languages of literary and artistic communication. The perspective of borderness proposed by orientalists, literary specialists, culture experts provide insights into multi-dimensional and heterogenic subjects and methods of consideration. The authors referring to, inter alia, comparative studies, theory of reception, intertextuality, transculturality of the East and West works touch upon themes such as coexistence, exclusion, crossing or the instability of borders. Also by taking into account identity issues, the interpenetration of various influences between different literatures, poetics and languages, the readers gain a broader context of intercultural dialogue between the Orient and Occident, what allow them to transgress barriers of a purely artistic, literary reception of the book contents. The volume – due to the abundance of proposed topics, its heterogeneous representations and manifold approaches used in analysis, discussion and (re)interpretations – is a debate’s record or a result of an academic reflection rather than a comprehensive monograph.
The contributions in this book address a vast variety of questions concerning the sources and mut... more The contributions in this book address a vast variety of questions concerning the sources and mutual inspirations in Oriental and European literatures. The authors discuss selected texts from both historical and synchronic perspectives. They reveal and scrutinise the sedimented layers in their search for the original as well as for the repetitive and universal. The book revolves around the creative reception of one’s own cultural heritage and of works which originated in other cultures.
Ethos rycerski w kulturze. Tradycje i kontynuacje. T. I: W kręgu średniowiecza, 2017
In the following article, the author proposes a comparative analysis of the two masterpieces of O... more In the following article, the author proposes a comparative analysis of the two masterpieces of Old Japanese («Genji monogatari» by Murasaki Shikibu) and Italian literature («Il Cortegiano» by Baldassare de Castiglione), in the context of world literature and comparative studies of classical world literatures, with the aim of indicating some universal qualities and conduct that characterized a courtier, also from the perspective of chivalric ethos.
Alchemia słowa i obrazu. Tradycje, dekonstrukcje i rekonstrukcje [Alchemy of Word and Picture. Traditions, Deconstuctions & Reconstuctions]. Pp. 51-71, 2015
This volume is a selection of papers originally read in English at the fifth edition of the Inter... more This volume is a selection of papers originally read in English at the fifth edition of the International Conference on “Orient in Literature – Literature of the Orient” (OLLO), which took place from 28 March to 29 March 2019 at the Faculty of Languages of the Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Torun.
The work presents articles discussing various subjects relating to literary, cultural borders and... more The work presents articles discussing various subjects relating to literary, cultural borders and borderlands as well as their crossings with the Orient and the Occident. A broad, multifaceted scope of the volume draws the attention of readers to the problem of liminal spaces between cultures, genres, codes and languages of literary and artistic communication. The perspective of borderness proposed by orientalists, literary specialists, culture experts provide insights into multi-dimensional and heterogenic subjects and methods of consideration. The authors referring to, inter alia, comparative studies, theory of reception, intertextuality, transculturality of the East and West works touch upon themes such as coexistence, exclusion, crossing or the instability of borders. Also by taking into account identity issues, the interpenetration of various influences between different literatures, poetics and languages, the readers gain a broader context of intercultural dialogue between the Orient and Occident, what allow them to transgress barriers of a purely artistic, literary reception of the book contents. The volume – due to the abundance of proposed topics, its heterogeneous representations and manifold approaches used in analysis, discussion and (re)interpretations – is a debate’s record or a result of an academic reflection rather than a comprehensive monograph.
The contributions in this book address a vast variety of questions concerning the sources and mut... more The contributions in this book address a vast variety of questions concerning the sources and mutual inspirations in Oriental and European literatures. The authors discuss selected texts from both historical and synchronic perspectives. They reveal and scrutinise the sedimented layers in their search for the original as well as for the repetitive and universal. The book revolves around the creative reception of one’s own cultural heritage and of works which originated in other cultures.
Ethos rycerski w kulturze. Tradycje i kontynuacje. T. I: W kręgu średniowiecza, 2017
In the following article, the author proposes a comparative analysis of the two masterpieces of O... more In the following article, the author proposes a comparative analysis of the two masterpieces of Old Japanese («Genji monogatari» by Murasaki Shikibu) and Italian literature («Il Cortegiano» by Baldassare de Castiglione), in the context of world literature and comparative studies of classical world literatures, with the aim of indicating some universal qualities and conduct that characterized a courtier, also from the perspective of chivalric ethos.
Alchemia słowa i obrazu. Tradycje, dekonstrukcje i rekonstrukcje [Alchemy of Word and Picture. Traditions, Deconstuctions & Reconstuctions]. Pp. 51-71, 2015
Verba et imagines Iaponiae. Nowe trendy i kierunki badań w polskiej japonistyce w 5. rocznicę powołania studiów japonistycznych na Uniwersytecie Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, 2014
Verba et imagines Iaponiae. Nowe trendy i kierunki badań w polskiej japonistyce w 5. rocznicę powołania studiów japonistycznych na Uniwersytecie Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, 2014
Verba et imagines Iaponiae. Nowe trendy i kierunki badań w polskiej japonistyce w 5. rocznicę powołania studiów japonistycznych na Uniwersytecie Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, 2014
The article discusses on specific text-image interrelations in Senmen Hokekyō sasshi (Fan-shaped ... more The article discusses on specific text-image interrelations in Senmen Hokekyō sasshi (Fan-shaped album of the Hokekyō Sutra), a XIIth century work restored in Shitennōji temple, Osaka. The album is famous not only because of its uncommon fan-shaped plates but also colourful underdrawings (shita-e). It is considered that the pictures are in fact pictorialization of poems (uta-e), which are combined with Sutra’s text. Using special technique called “hidden phrases” (inpukuteki kotoba) the author focuses on connections of uta-e with poems that could be inspiration for such pictorialization. The problem of pictures as means linking religious content with classcial Japanese poetry (waka) is also emphasized.
RIBENXUE YANJU 日本学研究 [= Studies in Japanology], 2011
The entry of Kenryaku 2 (1212).11.2 in Azuma Kagami provides a brief description of eawase. This... more The entry of Kenryaku 2 (1212).11.2 in Azuma Kagami provides a brief description of eawase. This kind of refined event originally held at the Heian court was, however, organized by the samurai class as well. This paper discusses an eawase held by shogun Sanetomo, its course and theme of contest’s entries.
[Review of:] Magdalena Furmanik-Kowalska 2015. Uwikłane w kulturę. O twórczości współczesnych ar... more [Review of:] Magdalena Furmanik-Kowalska 2015. Uwikłane w kulturę. O twórczości współczesnych artystek japońskich i chińskich [Culture Trouble: The Contemporary Art of Japanese and Chinese women]. Bydgoszcz: Wydawnictwo Kirin. Pp. 282.
Sumiyoshi mōde 住吉詣 (Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi) is an example of a travel
diary from the ... more Sumiyoshi mōde 住吉詣 (Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi) is an example of a travel diary from the early Muromachi Period that includes only fifteen waka poems interwoven with descriptions of places visited by the second Ashikaga shogun, Yoshiakira 足利義詮 (1330–1367, r. 1358–1367). According to the title, the work describes a journey made in 1364 to the Sumiyoshi Shrine located in Settsu province (now in the Osaka region). The itinerary ran along the most famous inland waterway of medieval Japan, namely Yodo River, which connected the capital with Naniwa Bay (the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea). From there, making frequent stops along the way and entering Shitennōji Temple, the travellers were able to easily reach the complex of the Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine. The reason for visiting Sumiyoshi was the shogun-pilgrim’s desire to win a favour of the god who was “a great protector of those who are deeply devoted to the Way of Poetry [uta no michi]”. Aspiring to be an excellent poet the shogun wanted to bow before the deity, recite his vow in the hope that he also will find success in “Way of the Myriad Islands [Shikishima no michi]”.
Opracowanie zawiera przekład zbioru esejów "Kottōkan" na podstawie oryginału opublikowanego w szó... more Opracowanie zawiera przekład zbioru esejów "Kottōkan" na podstawie oryginału opublikowanego w szóstym tomie "Akutagawa Ryūnosuke zenshū" (Pełny zbiór [dzieł] Akutagawy Ryūnosuke) nakładem wydawnictwa Iwanami Shoten (Tokio 1935).
Wypływające z fin de siècle’owskiego doświadczenia kryzysu poznawczego pragnienie odkrywania obce... more Wypływające z fin de siècle’owskiego doświadczenia kryzysu poznawczego pragnienie odkrywania obcego, innego… egzotycznego, skłaniało do refleksji nad możliwościami synkretyzmu różnych tradycji i otwarcie się na komunikację interkulturową. Myśl ta wyrażała się choćby w słowach łacińskiej sentencji Ex Oriente lux akcentującej ówczesne literackie i artystyczne zainteresowania szeroko pojmowanym Wschodem. Ważnym miejscem na mapie Orientu w okresie Młodej Polski była Japonia, która od drugiej połowy XIX wieku przestała być jedynie odległą i odizolowaną krainą na peryferiach Azji, a wzbudzała zachwyt świeżością i oryginalnością swojej kultury. Inspiracje „japonizmem” opartym na drzeworycie ukiyoe i japońskim teatrze, które znalazły się w sferze zainteresowania nie tylko zachodnich, ale również polskich kręgów artystycznych, zdominowały i wpłynęły na kształt kanonów ówczesnej twórczości artystyczno-literackiej. Jednym z przedstawicieli tego bardzo licznego grona młodopolskich popularyzatorów orientalizmu, a w szczególności japonizmu, był Remigiusz Erazm Kwiatkowski – poeta, tłumacz, dziennikarz i autor znakomitych przedwojennych opracowań poświęconych szeroko rozumianemu Wschodowi, którego całokształt aktywności zawodowej i twórczości można byłoby scharakteryzować słowami „oddany służbie Rzeczypospolitej, zafascynowany Orientem”.
Jeszcze kilka dekad temu sugerowano, że XXI wiek będzie „japońskim stuleciem”, lecz – jak pisał P... more Jeszcze kilka dekad temu sugerowano, że XXI wiek będzie „japońskim stuleciem”, lecz – jak pisał Paul Varley – „teraz wydaje się to odległym snem, a Japonia wchodzi w nowy wiek, mając więcej problemów niż perspektyw”. Warto jednak pamiętać, że „główne aspekty japońskiej kultury są […] bez wątpienia ważną i integralną częścią życia ludzi na całym świecie”. Mamy nadzieję, że zebrane w niniejszym tomie prace przybliżą polskiemu Czytelnikowi różne zagadnienia japońskiej kultury – od literatury, po jej recepcję na gruncie kultury zachodniej, aż po sztuki audiowizualne – i będą stanowiły ważny wkład w odkrywanie tradycyjnej i nowoczesnej Japonii w naszym kraju.
Verba et imagines Iaponiae. Nowe trendy i kierunki badań w polskiej japonistyce w 5. rocznicę powołania studiów japonistycznych na Uniwersytecie Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu , 2014
Utworzenie w 2008 roku japonistyki na Uniwersytecie Mikołaja Kopernika stanowi istotną cez... more Utworzenie w 2008 roku japonistyki na Uniwersytecie Mikołaja Kopernika stanowi istotną cezurę w historii toruńskich zainteresowań Japonią, gdyż wieńczyło ono długą drogę prowadzącą do powołania akademickiej specjalności, która miała kształcić w zakresie języka i kultury Japonii. Od tamtego momentu minęło już pięć lat. Pół
dekady to niewiele, jednak w kontekście szerszej dyskusji o obecnej, ale i przyszłej sytuacji japonistyki, stanowi ono potwierdzenie, że zainteresowanie studiami japonistycznymi w Polsce nie słabnie, a badania nad językiem, kulturą czy społeczeństwem japońskim rozwijają się nieustannie. Okazją do dyskusji na ten temat było ogólnopolskie sympozjum naukowe "5 lat studiów japonistycznych na
Uniwersytecie Mikołaja Kopernika – Pamięci Profesora Romana S. Ingardena (1920–2011)", które w dniach 23–24 maja 2013 roku zorganizowała Pracownia Języka i Kultury Japońskiej. Głównym celem konferencji w wymiarze praktycznym było zgromadzenie w Toruniu licznego grona przedstawicieli polskiego środowiska
japonistycznego, którzy mieli zaprezentować wyniki aktualnie prowadzonych badań oraz podzielić się wiedzą i własnymi doświadczeniami w nauczaniu języka i kultury japońskiej. W wymiarze symbolicznym konferencja była sposobnością do wspomnienia osoby Profesora Romana Stanisława Ingardena, którego fascynacja Japonią stworzyła podwaliny studiów japonistycznych w Toruniu.
We welcome contributions on any topic related to broadly comprehended Japanese studies, including... more We welcome contributions on any topic related to broadly comprehended Japanese studies, including language, literature, social studies, cultural studies, religious studies, history, politics, and economy. In particular, however, we encourage proposals that accord with the rather capacious leading theme of the Conference: NEW Insights Through Revision of the OLD: Changes, Chances and Challenges from Ancient Times to the Global Era Japan. Specific research threads acknowledging this theme involve, although are not limited to, subjects such as: mythology of Japan, reality and fiction in Japanese literature, mass media and popular culture, scholarly and utilitarian approaches to history, conceptions of exceptionality and/or homogeneity of Japan and the Japanese, all of which can be discussed in the context of the influence of the past on the present of Japan. The leading theme of the Conference stems from the perspective that the image of Japan is often blurred by myths and misconceptions, the identification of which is necessary to render this image more clear and closer to reality. It is the organizers’ hope that through offering a space for a vigorous, taboo-free academic discussion of relevant and timely subjects, the Conference will provide an opportunity to make a small step into this direction.
The conference is the 5 th edition of the annual meeting of academics who are interested in probl... more The conference is the 5 th edition of the annual meeting of academics who are interested in problems of perception, interpretation or translation of the Oriental literatures. The 1st edition of the conference took place in March 2014. We look forward to all specialists of literary and culture studies, philologists, and other experts on Asian and African literary heritage as well as those, whose research topics relate to reception of the Oriental subjects and motifs in Western literary texts. During the conference diverse problems and topics ranging from theoretical issues in the field of literature and translation studies, through the results of various types of research and literary analysis, together with their implications for the perception of Oriental works in Europe and in the world, are discussed. It enables all participants to present not only the current view of the issues that have been known and discussed for a long time, but also to present innovative concepts representing the latest literary trends. The key-theme of the 5 th edition of the conference is literature towards freedom and oppression that implies numerous perspectives in research on literary texts: representations of literature as a laboratory of freedom and oppression literature as a release from… literature against totalitarianism rebellion, alienation and striving for freedom in literature prison literature image of an oppressed man motive of freedom and oppression relations between freedom and the existential philosophy creative freedom and the right of experiment with the word author's autonomy political and ideological independence of the creator and the characters he drew symbols of the struggle for freedom definitions, topoi and ranges of freedom and oppression … and many other issues connected with the topic of the current edition of the conference. We hope our conference will be a good occasion to discover some of these perspectives, to show new trends and subjects present in discourse on Oriental literary works and Oriental topics in Polish, European and world literature.
"God's Playground", a book by Norman Davies, first published in 1979, is so far the most popular ... more "God's Playground", a book by Norman Davies, first published in 1979, is so far the most popular and extensive monograph on history of Poland published in English. The eponymous playground stands for an agora, a stage, where all kinds of worldly affairs take place, engaging both the actors and the audience. Celebrating the decennial of Japanese studies in Toruń, the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus, the patron of the University, the conference is an attempt to create such playground, a space inspiring intellectual curiosity which yields scholarly cooperation and competition while tackling the subject of Japan's fictions and reality, following the example of Copernicus's paradigm shift contribution to development of science. The organizers invite paper proposals in English or Japanese from both Japanologists and researches from other fields working on Japan concerning topics and encourage papers relating to the conference theme: <Japan – Fictions and Reality>, following the conviction that the image of Japan is blurred by myths and misconceptions, and that their identification is necessary for making this image more clear and closer to reality.
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diary from the early Muromachi Period that includes only fifteen waka poems
interwoven with descriptions of places visited by the second Ashikaga shogun,
Yoshiakira 足利義詮 (1330–1367, r. 1358–1367). According to the title, the
work describes a journey made in 1364 to the Sumiyoshi Shrine located in
Settsu province (now in the Osaka region). The itinerary ran along the most
famous inland waterway of medieval Japan, namely Yodo River, which
connected the capital with Naniwa Bay (the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea).
From there, making frequent stops along the way and entering Shitennōji
Temple, the travellers were able to easily reach the complex of the Sumiyoshi
Grand Shrine. The reason for visiting Sumiyoshi was the shogun-pilgrim’s
desire to win a favour of the god who was “a great protector of those who are
deeply devoted to the Way of Poetry [uta no michi]”. Aspiring to be an excellent
poet the shogun wanted to bow before the deity, recite his vow in the hope that
he also will find success in “Way of the Myriad Islands [Shikishima no michi]”.
二十一世紀は「日本の世紀」になるであろうと、数十年前に取りざたされたが、ポール・ウォルレイによれば、「それは今や遠い夢で、それどころか日本は、明るい展望より、むしろ問題の方を数多く抱えたまま新世紀に入りつつある」ようである。とはいえ、「日本文化をなす大きな柱の数々が(中略)世界中の人々の生活にとって、重要かつ不可欠な要素であるのは疑いない」ということは特記に値するであろう。本号に蒐集した研究論文等が、ポーランドの読者の日本文化、文学や西洋におけるそのとらえ方を理解し、さらには映像芸術に親しむ機会となり、わが国における「今昔の日本」発見にとって意義ある貢献となってくれることを切に望みたい。
dekady to niewiele, jednak w kontekście szerszej dyskusji o obecnej, ale i przyszłej sytuacji japonistyki, stanowi ono potwierdzenie, że zainteresowanie studiami japonistycznymi w Polsce nie słabnie, a badania nad językiem, kulturą czy społeczeństwem japońskim rozwijają się nieustannie. Okazją do dyskusji na ten temat było ogólnopolskie sympozjum naukowe "5 lat studiów japonistycznych na
Uniwersytecie Mikołaja Kopernika – Pamięci Profesora Romana S. Ingardena (1920–2011)", które w dniach 23–24 maja 2013 roku zorganizowała Pracownia Języka i Kultury Japońskiej. Głównym celem konferencji w wymiarze praktycznym było zgromadzenie w Toruniu licznego grona przedstawicieli polskiego środowiska
japonistycznego, którzy mieli zaprezentować wyniki aktualnie prowadzonych badań oraz podzielić się wiedzą i własnymi doświadczeniami w nauczaniu języka i kultury japońskiej. W wymiarze symbolicznym konferencja była sposobnością do wspomnienia osoby Profesora Romana Stanisława Ingardena, którego fascynacja Japonią stworzyła podwaliny studiów japonistycznych w Toruniu.
The leading theme of the Conference stems from the perspective that the image of Japan is often blurred by myths and misconceptions, the identification of which is necessary to render this image more clear and closer to reality. It is the organizers’ hope that through offering a space for a vigorous, taboo-free academic discussion of relevant and timely subjects, the Conference will provide an opportunity to make a small step into this direction.
The key-theme of the 5 th edition of the conference is literature towards freedom and oppression that implies numerous perspectives in research on literary texts:
representations of literature as a laboratory of freedom and oppression
literature as a release from…
literature against totalitarianism
rebellion, alienation and striving for freedom in literature
prison literature
image of an oppressed man
motive of freedom and oppression
relations between freedom and the existential philosophy
creative freedom and the right of experiment with the word
author's autonomy
political and ideological independence of the creator and the characters he drew
symbols of the struggle for freedom
definitions, topoi and ranges of freedom and oppression
… and many other issues connected with the topic of the current edition of the conference.
We hope our conference will be a good occasion to discover some of these perspectives, to show new trends and subjects present in discourse on Oriental literary works and Oriental topics in Polish, European and world literature.
表題は、ポーランド史に関する名著『神の遊技場』(ノーマン・デイヴィス著、初版1979年)にちなんだものです。それは、ありとあらゆる人間活動が行われるアゴラ(広場)であり、役者と観客が一体となってかかわり合う舞台でもあります。本発表会がそのような知的交流と議論を交わす「遊技場」となるよう期待しております。
趣旨: 日本に対する誤った見方や神話にも似た誤解が依然、根強く存在しています。その歪んだイメージの補正が望ましいという認識に基づき、日本の実像と虚像を検証し、問題を提起する発表テーマを募ります。