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Adaptations of Western Literature in Meiji Japan

Adaptations of Western Literature in Meiji Japan

Hardcover

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 0312239955
ISBN13: 9780312239954
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Feb 8 2002
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.58
Language: English
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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