ORIENTALISM IN THE TALE OF GENJI’S TRANSLATIONS AS WORLD LITERATURE

This paper is to discuss the “Orientalism” in The Tale of Genji as world literature through the translations of The Tale of Genji that had been translated into English by the Westerns. The popularity of The Tale of Genji cannot be separated from the important role of the translation. The English tr...

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Main Author: Dewi Christa Kobis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: English Department of Bangka Belitung University, Indonesia 2019-03-01
Series:Lire Journal
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Online Access:https://lirejournal.ubb.ac.id/index.php/LRJ/article/view/39
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description This paper is to discuss the “Orientalism” in The Tale of Genji as world literature through the translations of The Tale of Genji that had been translated into English by the Westerns. The popularity of The Tale of Genji cannot be separated from the important role of the translation. The English translations of The Tale of Genji had become a tool for the people surround the World to enjoy reading The Tale of Genji although they cannot speak or read Japanese. We cannot take lightly the role of translation. Regarding to the translation issue, it is also important to know closely about the translators’ perspective towards The Tale of Genji. Since the major translators of The Tale of Genji are Western, it is imperative to know Westerns’ perspectives towards Easterns since The Tale of Genji came from Asian. With the purpose to resolve this case, the analysis of this paper uses Orientalism as its theoretical concept in examining the Westerns’ perspective towards The Tale of Genji through the translation. This paper also examines how the translations of The Tale of Genji could be easily received as the world literature.
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spelling doaj.art-f7e1616baf094951b2056fd4663de37a2022-12-22T03:46:13ZengEnglish Department of Bangka Belitung University, IndonesiaLire Journal2581-21302598-18032019-03-013110.33019/lire.v3i1.3939ORIENTALISM IN THE TALE OF GENJI’S TRANSLATIONS AS WORLD LITERATUREDewi Christa Kobis0STMIK Multicom Bolaang Mongondow This paper is to discuss the “Orientalism” in The Tale of Genji as world literature through the translations of The Tale of Genji that had been translated into English by the Westerns. The popularity of The Tale of Genji cannot be separated from the important role of the translation. The English translations of The Tale of Genji had become a tool for the people surround the World to enjoy reading The Tale of Genji although they cannot speak or read Japanese. We cannot take lightly the role of translation. Regarding to the translation issue, it is also important to know closely about the translators’ perspective towards The Tale of Genji. Since the major translators of The Tale of Genji are Western, it is imperative to know Westerns’ perspectives towards Easterns since The Tale of Genji came from Asian. With the purpose to resolve this case, the analysis of this paper uses Orientalism as its theoretical concept in examining the Westerns’ perspective towards The Tale of Genji through the translation. This paper also examines how the translations of The Tale of Genji could be easily received as the world literature. https://lirejournal.ubb.ac.id/index.php/LRJ/article/view/39GenjiWorld LiteratureTranslationOrientalism
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ORIENTALISM IN THE TALE OF GENJI’S TRANSLATIONS AS WORLD LITERATURE
Lire Journal
Genji
World Literature
Translation
Orientalism
title ORIENTALISM IN THE TALE OF GENJI’S TRANSLATIONS AS WORLD LITERATURE
title_full ORIENTALISM IN THE TALE OF GENJI’S TRANSLATIONS AS WORLD LITERATURE
title_fullStr ORIENTALISM IN THE TALE OF GENJI’S TRANSLATIONS AS WORLD LITERATURE
title_full_unstemmed ORIENTALISM IN THE TALE OF GENJI’S TRANSLATIONS AS WORLD LITERATURE
title_short ORIENTALISM IN THE TALE OF GENJI’S TRANSLATIONS AS WORLD LITERATURE
title_sort orientalism in the tale of genji s translations as world literature
topic Genji
World Literature
Translation
Orientalism
url https://lirejournal.ubb.ac.id/index.php/LRJ/article/view/39
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