Translation and the Borders of Contemporary Japanese Literature - Inciting Difference

This book examines contemporary debates on such concepts as national literature, world literature, and the relationship each of these to translation, from the perspective of modern Japanese fiction.

List of contents

Introduction. Japanese Literature in the World 1. The "Trans-border" Turn 2. Translating the Literary Past 3. Inciting the Past / Sakiyama Tami 4. Translating the Gaps / Yi Yang-ji 5. Beyond "Trans-border" / Tawada Y¿ko Epilogue. Re/Translation

About the author

Victoria Young is the Kawashima Associate Professor in Japanese Literature and Culture at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Selwyn College.

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Young, Young Victoria
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2025
• EAN: 9781032564876
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256487-6
• No. of pages: 134
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Japan, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Japanese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Translation & interpretation, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Asian History, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Translation and language interpretation