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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/womens-voices-in-modern-japan-
 translation-canonization-and-literary-history/
SUMMARY:Women’s Voices in Modern Japan: Translation\, Canonization\, and 
 Literary History
DESCRIPTION:Seating is limited. Masks are required for all in-person audien
 ce members.\n\nCo-sponsored with the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Stud
 ies\n\nThis talk will focus on the period of the 1920s and 1930s in Japan\
 , which saw a vast expansion of the publishing industry as the idea of lit
 erature was intensely debated\, commercialized\, and institutionalized\, w
 hether in the national sense of Japanese literature\, or in the gendered s
 ense of women's literature. The first half of the talk will address the ri
 se of the notion of "world literature" (sekai bungaku) in 1920s Japan\, an
 d the practices of translation\, canonization\, and the creation of litera
 ry history\, particularly women's literary history\, within that global fr
 amework. In this context\, I will discuss two figures\, a Japanese feminis
 t writer Ikuta Hanayo (1888-1970) and British modernist writer Virginia Wo
 olf (1882-1941)\, and explore how their vision of an alternative women's l
 iterary history become linked through a particular 10th century work that 
 comes into light as the result of modern canonization and translation. In 
 the second half\, I will bring focus to the Japanese modernist writer Osak
 i Midori (1896-1971) and her work\, discussing her creative (mis)translati
 ons\, writings on film\, unique character representation that emerged out 
 of new studies in psychology\, and envisioning of a utopian community of w
 omen. By examining these writers and texts\, I hope to shed light on the c
 entrality of gender in Japanese literary culture that emerged out of the v
 ibrant print and translation culture of the 1920s and 30s.\n\n&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
LOCATION:Common Room (#136)\, 2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, United S
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