Exploring the Self, Subjectivity, and Character Across Japanese and Translation Texts

by Senko K. Maynard and Rutgers University

From the perspective of philosophical contrastive pragmatics, this study investigates our multiple selves as manifested in how we use language. Based on analyses of original and translation texts of Japanese and English literary works, the Japanese self is proposed as being fundamentally empty and yet richly populated with multiple subjective aspects, characters, and characteristics. Incorporating the concept of emptiness drawn from Japanese philosophical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004505857
• ISBN13: 9789004505858
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 306 Pages