At the Faculty of Liberal Arts, I am offering courses on comparative literature and Western literature. My recent research topics include translation and circulation of Japanese literature, Japanese literature as world literature, and plurilingualism in modern Japanese literature.
Research Interests
Plurilingualism in modern Japanese literature
,Japanese literature as world literature
,Translation and circulation of Japanese literature
Research Areas
Humanities & social sciences / Literature - General /
Research History
Apr 2022
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Sophia University Faculty of Liberal Arts Professor
Modern Japanese Literary Studies (Nihon Kindai Bungaku) (102) 71-86 May 2020 [Refereed]
This paper examines Mizumura Minae's Shishōsetsu from Left to Right (1995) in terms of plurilingualism, which assumes that both the writer and the reader have proficiency in multiple languages. Specifically,I consider the question of why Minae, th...
The overwhelming popularity of Murakami Haruki’s novels in translation has transformed the image of Japanese literature around the world. How will the country’s writing continue to be received on the global stage?
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