623 Unpacking a Japanese Masterpiece - The Hakkenden, or Eight Dogs (with Glynne Walley) | Literature and the Olympics
The History of Literature
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Challenges in Translating Modern Japanese Literature
Exploring linguistic obstacles faced by translators in rendering a mid-19th-century Japanese literary work due to the standardized written language's divergence from spoken language. Delving into the debate of modernization and vernacularization in Japanese literature, the chapter discusses the historical context, character development, and thematic evolution of Japanese works compared to Western literature.
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