Levy Sirens of the Western Shore

The Westernesque Femme Fatale, Translation, and Vernacular Style in Modern Japanese Literature
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-231-51074-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Levy, Indra

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Part One Foreign Letters, the Vernacular, and Meiji Schoolgirls
1. Translation as Origin and the Originality of Translation
2. Meiji Schoolgirls in and as Language
Part Two Tayama Katai and the Siren of Vernacular Letters
3. Portrait of the Naturalist as a Young Exote
4. Literary Desire and the Exotic Language of Love: From "Shôshijin" to Jokyôshi
5. Haunting the Laboratory of Vernacular Style: The Sirens of "Shôjobyô" and Futon
Part Three Staging the New Woman: The Spectacular Embodiment of "Nature" in Translation
6. Setting the Stage for Translation
7. Gender Drag, Culture Drag, and Female Interiority
Final Reflections: Gender, Cultural Hierarchy, and Literary Style
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Indra Levy is assistant professor of Japanese literature at Stanford University.