ENGLISH

Translating Modern Japanese Literature

By Richard , Donovan

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publisher
Year
2019
ISBN
9781527539877, 1527539873
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2265989 bytes)
Pages
239\262
Time added
2020-02-02 15:25:52
Japanese language -- Translating into English;Japa

Description

This book presents and comments on four short works of Japanese literature by prominent writers of the early twentieth century, including Natsume Sōseki and Miyazawa Kenji. These are their first-ever published English translations. The book is designed to be used as a textbook for the translation of modern Japanese literature--another first. Each chapter introduces the writer and his work, presents the original Japanese text in its entirety, and encourages students with advanced Japanese to make their own translation of it, before reading the author's translation that follows. The detailed comm.  Read more...

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