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Meiji at 150

Dr. Indra Levy (Stanford University) Levy, Indra; Grunow, Tristan

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In this episode, Dr. Levy underlines the importance of translation in Meiji-period transformations in Japanese language, literature, and culture. We discuss the role of literature in the modern nation-state, literary characters as allegories for the nation, and the politics of humour in literature before contrasting the relationship between composition and translation in Japan and the US.

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Title
Dr. Indra Levy (Stanford University)
Alternate Title
Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 56
Creator
Levy, Indra; Grunow, Tristan
Date Issued
2018-08-31
Description
In this episode, Dr. Levy underlines the importance of translation in Meiji-period transformations in Japanese language, literature, and culture. We discuss the role of literature in the modern nation-state, literary characters as allegories for the nation, and the politics of humour in literature before contrasting the relationship between composition and translation in Japan and the US.
Subject
Meiji period, 1868-1912; literary studies; national identity; politics of translation
Geographic Location
Japan
Type
Sound
Language
eng
Date Available
2022-07-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0415949
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81942
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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