A Study on the Reception of English Literature by an Approach of Translation Studies

• Project/Area Number: 23720144
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Sapporo University
• Principal Investigator: SATO Miki 札幌大学, 地域共創学群, 准教授 (50507209)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
• Keywords: 翻訳研究 / 翻訳学 / トランスレーション・スタディーズ / 外国文学受容 / 翻訳文学 / 円本 / 英米文学 / 英米文学受容

Research Abstract

By applying an approach of translation studies focusing on paratexts around translated texts to the study of the reception of foreign literature, this research explores literary translation in the 1920s led by the publication of 'Yen-pon', a series of selected literary works sold at one yen apiece.
Publishers of yen-pon had the following intentions: to popularise literature and to expand its market for ordinary readers; to employ the original-oriented and academic attitude toward foreign literature to enlighten the readers; to consciously intervene in the process of translating and in the construction of translation norms led at the time by academism. In short, yen-pon publishers, by seemingly contradictory attitudes toward translation between reader-oriented and source-oriented policies, attempted to introduce different norms and modes of receiving translated literature.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 円本と翻訳文学規範 (2014)
  • Author(s): 佐藤 美希
  • Journal Title: 翻訳研究への招待 (日本通訳翻訳学会 翻訳研究育成プロジェクト発行 電子ジャーナル) Volume: 12号 (掲載決定)
  • URL: http://honyakukenkyu.sakura.ne.jp/
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 「円本」と翻訳文学規範 (2014)
  • Author(s): 佐藤美希
  • Journal Title: 翻訳研究への招待 Volume: 12
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Yen-pon Boom and Literary Translation in the Early Showa Era (2012)
  • Author(s): SATO, Miki
  • Organizer: British Association for Japanese Studies Conference 2012
  • Place of Presentation: University of East Anglia, UK
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-07
• [Presentation] 円本と翻訳文学受容 (2012)
  • Author(s): 佐藤 美希
  • Organizer: テクスト研究学会 2012年度大会 シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 甲南女子大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-08-31
• [Presentation] Reception of Foreign Literature by General Readers in 1920s' Japan : Publishing Policy of "Yen-pon" Collections of Translated Foreign Literature (2012)
  • Author(s): SATO, Miki
  • Organizer: 4th Conference of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies
  • Place of Presentation: Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
  • Year and Date: 2012-07-27
• [Presentation] 昭和初期円本を通じた英米文学受容 (2011)
  • Author(s): 佐藤 美希
  • Organizer: 日本英文学会北海道支部第56回大会 文学部門シンポジウム「個別の受容から迫る『日本の英文学受容』」
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-02
• [Presentation] 昭和初期における"円本"と外国文学翻訳をめぐって (2011)
  • Author(s): 佐藤 美希
  • Organizer: 日本通訳翻訳学会第12回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-11
• [Presentation] 「昭和初期円本を通じた英米文学受容」 (2011)
  • Author(s): 佐藤美希
  • Organizer: 日本英文学会北海道支部第56回大会 文学部門シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌学院大学
• [Presentation] 「昭和初期における"円本"と外国文学翻訳をめぐって」 (2011)
  • Author(s): 佐藤美希
  • Organizer: 日本通訳翻訳学会第12回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸大学
• [Presentation] "Yen-pon Boom and Literary Translation in the Early Showa Era"
  • Author(s): Miki SATO
  • Organizer: British Association for Japanese Studies Conference 2012
  • Place of Presentation: University of East Anglia, UK
• [Presentation] 「円本と翻訳文学受容」
  • Author(s): 佐藤美希
  • Organizer: テクスト研究学会 2012年度大会
  • Place of Presentation: 甲南女子大学(神戸市）
• [Presentation] "Reception of Foreign Literature by General Readers in 1920s' Japan: Publishing Policy of 'Yen-pon' Collections of Translated Foreign Literature"
  • Author(s): Miki SATO
  • Organizer: 4th Conference of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies
  • Place of Presentation: Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK