1 h 8 min
Murakami Haruki: Whatever Works
Linguistics seminar by Jay Rubin, Harvard University
Hosted by Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan
Thursday 11:30–13:00 Detroit (GMT-4)
Recording available
Ann Arbor, United States
Recording
Abstract
Jay Rubin examines the challenges of translating Haruki Murakami’s Japanese prose. Although Murakami’s style bears a strong American and English-language influence, translating it still reveals difficulties rooted in the historical development of Japanese. The lecture explores this relationship between literary style, language history and translation.