Contemporary Japanese Literature
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「沈黙」刊行50年記念国際シンポジウム全記録
Panel discussion: Katō Muneya, Seirai Yūichi, Matsuda Mio, Van C. Gessel, Justyna W. Kasza
Panel discussion: Katō Muneya, Seirai Yūichi, Matsuda Mio, Van C. Gessel, Justyna W. Kasza
Come cambierebbe il mondo? E come cambie-rebbe la mia vita? Se io scomparissi dal mondo, intendo. Il mondo non cambierebbe di una virgola e tutto andrebbe avanti allo stesso modo, giorno dopo giorno? Sí, lo so, starai pensando che si... more
Nakagami Kenji (1946-1992) is one of the most famous writers of contemporary Japan, though his works have been scarcely translated into other languages. Of the many topics in his literature, the current paper will focus on his... more
Original source: http://repository.tufs.ac.jp/bitstream/10108/81174/1/lacs021009.pdf
Hayashi Mariko is one of the most famous Japanese writer, essayist and blogger. She made her debut in 1982 with the collection Run run o katte ouchi ni kaerō (Let’s Buy Happiness and Go Back Home) and in 1985 she won the Naoki Prize with... more
The manner in which manga can reflect and influence readers’ gender perceptions has been a frequently researched issue. This article is an attempt to consider those questions through language, a traditionally less-examined element, in... more
HITORI BIYORI (translated both as A Good Day for Being Alone and Being Alone), the second novel by Aoyama Nanae and the recipient of the prestigious 136th Akutagawa prize, follows the year in the life of Chizu Mizuta as she struggles to... more
The Japanese female literature in the new millennium explores the different uses of technology. Some writers have used digital technologies such the internet to surf the web’s possibilities, others have tried to write in the form of the... more
[An essay on 'Kafka on the Shore' by Haruki Murakami]
文化庁の「平成19年度国語に関する世論調査」で約45%の回答者がマンガを若者言葉に影響をもたらすものとして挙げたように,絵と言葉からなるマンガは一種の言語的メディアと一般に認知されている。しかしながら,マンガ研究の多くは視覚的要素に焦点が置かれていることが多い。ここでは,通常関心の払われることの少ない言語的要素に焦点を定めたい。... more
Una riduzione del testo è stata presentata durante una conferenza organizzata dalla British Association of Japanese Studies (BAJS) presso la BAJS Japan Branch and Hokkaido University (Research Faculty of Media and Communication) il 29... more
Motherhood and the mother/ daughter relationship are recurrent themes in researches about Japanese literature. On the other hand, not much has been said about fathers, to the extent that some critics have argued that the absence of the... more
(The paper is written in Italian and traslated in English by Deidre Corrignam as the politics of the volume wanted) Kirino Natsuo, Hayashi Mariko, Kawakami Hiromi, Matsuura Rieko, Uchida Shungicu, Taguchi Randy, Tawada Yōko, Miyabe... more
La detective fiction ha sempre rappresentato un luogo privilegiato per la riflessione sulla vita moderna, in particolare metropolitana. Ma, per il fatto che implica un coinvolgimento con il lato più sordido della vita, è stata spesso... more
Un omicidio che reclama giustizia da vent’anni. Una catena di misteri e violenze. Un enigma diabolico per l’ispettore Sasagaki. Doveva essere un giorno di riposo per l'ispettore Sasagaki, invece è l'inizio di un caso inestricabile che... more
Penelitian mengenai keluarga dan permasalahannya sudah lazim dilakukan dengan menggunakan berbagai objek termasuk karya sastra. Begitu pula penelitian mengenai keluarga single parent. Namun belum ditemukan hasil penelitian mengenai... more
本論文は、筆者が作成したコーパスを用い、吹き出しの外に書かれる手書きの台詞・考え事・コメントの分布と用法を観察することで、マンガにおける言葉の役割を再確認することを目指すものである。吹き出しの外に書かれる手書きの台詞・考え事・コメントは、吹き出し内の台詞等と類似しているが、視覚的環境・登場人物との関係・物語上の役割という3点において異なっており、また、明らかにするように、少女マンガと少年マンガとで唯一明確な差を示している文字情報の分類である。その理由として、難波(2001)が... more
Yaoi/BL Fandom Survey (only takes 10 mins to complete): https://leeds.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/blfandomsurvey Male–male sexuality is the central trope of Boys’ Love (BL) manga with stories tending to revolve around a central uke-seme... more
Análise literária da obra “Kafka à beira-mar”, do premiado escritor japonês Haruki Murakami. Através de uma leitura mais aprofundada, é possível a observação de questões que não poderiam ser notadas em uma primeira leitura.... more
This paper explores how different ways of articulating the idea of the body in contemporary Japanese literature are inscribed within a paradigm of criticism against ongoing modes of economic violence. The goal is to explore three ways of... more
Female friendship is often regarded as temporary and fragile. In particular, because a homosocial bond (an intimate same-sex relationship that is neither romantic nor sexual) is usually identified in terms of male bonding, friendship... more
This paper examines the father-daughter relationship in Kurahashi Yumiko’s fiction, focusing on “The Long Passage of Dreams” and “To Die at the Estuary.” Though these two novellas are not direct rewritings of Greek tragedies and Noh... more
COLECCIÓN COLORES PRIMARIOS La colección Colores Primarios ha sido creada con un fin estrictamente cultural, en el marco del respeto a los derechos humanos, en particular atención a las personas con discapacidad, adultos mayores y grupos... more
A critical reading of Murata Sayaka's Shōmetsu sekai 消滅世界 (2015) Anna Specchio Full paper available at: https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/5060 Murata Sayaka is a controversial story writer who questions Japanese... more
This translation of Hiromi Kawakami's short story "Kamisama" was published in the second issue of Inventory in September 2011.
Sakamura Shimin (坂村真民 1909 - 2006) was the pen name of a Japanese Buddhist poet whose given name was Takashi. His poems speak of a universal way of living in harmony and giving sympathy to ones fellow beings. He is said to have been a... more
Kakuta Mitsuyo’s novels often depict fathers who use physical and psychological violence to subjugate their families and strictly control their daughters. In this paper I will explore the abusive father-daughter relationships and the... more
Master thesis.「震災文学や人災文学―言語は記憶伝達の手段になる―」
This presentation inspects the recent editorial production in contemporary Japanese architecture, screening the contents of essays written during the last decade (2007-2010) by four selected authors, where a recurring interplay with... more
Basic Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. This book presents 25 grammar units, covering the core material which students would expect to encounter in their... more
This paper discusses the significance of Enchi Fumiko’s use of intertextuality in Masks, examining how her allusions to The Tale of Genji relate to the novel’s representations of modern Japanese women.
Through a close reading of contemporary Japanese novelist Murakami Haruki’s accounts of his travels in Southern Europe, the United States, and Australia, this article analyses the ways in which this author uses travel writing to promote... more
Nanao Sakaki (Kagoshima, 1923 – Nagano, 2008) was a Japanese wanderer poet and environmental activist from the second half of the XX century and related to the north American poets Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Joanne Kyger and Gary... more
Perché l’idea di “Occidente” è egemone nel Giappone moderno e contemporaneo? Perché l’Italia vi riscuote da due decenni una popolarità forse senza eguali nel mondo? Se è vero che parlare degli altri significa anche parlare di se stessi,... more
【Symposium】Narrating Bodies: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Breastfeeding in Japanese Literature
Date and Time
November 13 (Sat.), 2021 17:00-20:30 JST
at the 国際基督教大学 ジェンダー研究センター (Center for Gender Studies) of International Christian University
Date and Time
November 13 (Sat.), 2021 17:00-20:30 JST
at the 国際基督教大学 ジェンダー研究センター (Center for Gender Studies) of International Christian University
Due to unprecedented opportunities of global and cultural exchanges in the past decades, fragments of our past go beyond borders, nationalities and cultural differences. Contemporary popular culture is an important vector to convey them,... more