Adaptations of Western literature in Meiji Japan
John Scott Miller
This book examines three examples of late nineteenth-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 theater. 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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Tahun:
2001
Penerbit:
Palgrave Macmillan
Bahasa:
english
Halaman:
191
ISBN 10:
0312239955
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PDF, 3.01 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2001
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