Hamlet and Japanese Men of Letters

• Authors: Yoshiko Kawachi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Shakespeare has exerted a powerful influence on Japanese literature since he was accepted in the second half of the nineteenth century. Particularly Hamlet has had a strong impact on Japanese men of letters and provided them with the impetus to revive the play in contemporary literature. In this paper I discuss how they have utilized Hamlet for their creative activity and enriched Japanese literature.

Keywords

EN

Shakespeare translation and appopriation; Shakespeare’s impact on Japanese novelists; Novelization of Hamlet; Modernization of Japanese literature

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Multicultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation and Performance
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 29
• Pages: 123-135

Dates

published

2016-12-30

Contributors

author

Yoshiko Kawachi

• Kyorin University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/mstap-2016-0020