Study of the Presentation of the Relation between Japan and United States in Japanese Modern Literature

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520207
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: SHIBATA Shoji 東京外国語大学, 大学院総合国際学研究院, 教授 (80206135)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KATO Yuji 東京外国語大学, 大学院総合国際学研究院, 准教授 (60224549)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 戦後日本文学 / 日米関係 / 村上春樹 / 創作と翻訳

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We studied about how the relation between Japan and United States has been represented in Jaapnese modern literature focusing on Murakami Haruki, a representative author of Japan who is well known throughout the world and an excellent translator of American literature. As the result of the study, we held a symposium titled ‘Postwar Japanese Literature and America’ inviting famous critics and scholars as panelists, in which lively discussions were held between panelists and audience. And we published a book on the literature of Murakami Haruki titled Murakami Haruki as World Literatute from our university press inviting national and foreign scholars as authors.

Free Research Field

日本近代文学