An interdisciplinary and theoretical study on translation, footnote, and creativity

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K00527
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02050:Literature in general-related
• Research Institution: University of Kochi
• Principal Investigator: Takanishi Seisuke 高知県立大学, 文化学部, 教授 (50316147)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 山口 善成 金沢大学, 歴史言語文化学系, 教授 (60364139) ; 田中 裕也 高知県立大学, 文化学部, 准教授 (30769138)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 注釈 / 翻訳 / 聊斎志異 / 三島由紀夫 / エマ・ウィラード

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The perspectives on annotation and translation in English and American literature differ from those in Japanese and Chinese literature. The present study first confirms this difference and, through collaborative research, reveals that annotation has a broader function than just facilitating the accurate reading of the original text; it sometimes introduces dissonance with the original text or even unsettles it by prompting new readings. Furthermore, such annotation practices share similarities with translation activities, in that the constant selection and omission of information in translation also evokes new readings of the text, as our comparative study of Japanese and English translations of Chinese literature shows.

Free Research Field

中国古典文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

「翻訳」や「注釈」をめぐる研究は、これまで各国文学研究の中で多く蓄積されてきた。こうした研究成果をふまえつつ、東洋文学者と西洋文学者の対話により、より普遍的に「注釈」「翻訳」行為と「フィクション生成」の関係を考えたところに、本研究の独自性と意義がある。特に、従来あまり注目されてこなかった西洋文学における「注釈」を改めて検討し、「注釈」の持つ新たな読みを引き起こすという普遍的な働きを明らかにできたことは有意義であった。