Exploring the Self, Subjectivity, and Character across Japanese and Translation Texts
Senko K. Maynard
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 traditions and postmodernism primarily developed in the West, selves evidenced in grammar, style, and variation are investigated applying interpretive resources of linguistic subjectivity, character, and character-speak. Expressive gaps found in source and target texts across two languages lead us toward different ontological views, and guide us to engage in the rethinking of the concept of self.
Kategorien:
Jahr:
2022
Verlag:
Brill
Sprache:
english
Seiten:
305
ISBN 10:
9004505865
ISBN 13:
9789004505865
ISBN:
2021058048
Serien:
Studies in Pragmatics, 20
Datei:
PDF, 1.31 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2022