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October 31, 2023
Symposium: "Reality and the Modern Japanese Language: Linguistics, Literature, and Film" (TUFS, December 10, 2023)
From: Iris Haukamp <haukamp@tufs.ac.jp>
Date: 2023/10/22
Dear colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to the symposium Reality and the Modern Japanese Language: Linguistics, Literature, and Film (近代の日本語とリアリティ:言語学、文学、 映画), which will take place in person at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies on December 10, 2023. Talks by prof. Nomura Takashi and prof. Hidaka Yoshiki will be followed by a performance and explanation of 1916 movie Ukiyo by benshi/ film narrator Kataoka Ichirō.
Important details:
Time: 12月10日(日)、 13:00-17:00
Place: 東京外国語大学、留学生日本語教育センター、
Speakers:
野村剛史 (Nomura Takashi)「スタンダード研究の意義」
日高佳紀 (Hidaka Yoshiki)「本当らしさと文体─谷崎潤一郎の小説表現─」
片岡一郎 (Kataoka Ichirō )「文学、演劇、映画を越境する大衆娯楽の存在」、 映画『うき 世』(1916)上映と説明
Speaker bios:
Nomura Takashi (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo) specialises in the history of Japanese grammar. His publications include The History of Spoken Japanese (2011), The History of Standard Japanese: from 'miyako kotoba' to 'genbun itchi' (2013), The History of Standard Japanese: Spoken Language, Written Language, Orthography (2019).
Hidaka Yoshiki (Professor, Bukkyo University) specialises in modern and contemporary literature and literary theories. He is the author of The Discourse of Tanizaki Jun'ichirō: An Approach to Modern Readers (2015) and the co-editor of numerous volumes, including Tanizaki Jun'ichirō: a Reader (2016) and The Fictionality of Novels: Re-reading Japanese Literature Through the Lens of Literary Theory (2022).
Kataoka Ichirō (Katsudō shashin benshi/ film narrator) studied under Midori Sawato from 2002. He has acted as benshi for 350 silent films, and has given talks and performances in 23 countries. He appeared in the historical drama Idaten, the morning drama Boogie Woogie, and Katsuben: Talking the Pictures! (2019), for which he also acted as technical advisor and was in charge of historical accuracy. In 2020 published the monograph The History of Film Narration.
The talks will be in Japanese, but English explanations will also be offered.
Please register at: https://forms.
Contact email: haukamp@tufs.ac.jp
We look forward to seeing you at TUFS!
Iris Haukamp
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Dr Iris Haukamp,
Associate Professor, Institute of Japan Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,
3-11-1 Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8534, JAPAN
Associate Professor, Institute of Japan Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,
3-11-1 Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8534, JAPAN
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