We are pleased to announce that the following lecture will be provided by Assistant Professor David Atherton at Harvard University.<\/p>\n
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Title: What is an Author in Early Modern Japan? Answers from the Pages of Illustrated Fiction<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Date: January 15th (Mon) , 2018<\/p>\n Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm<\/p>\n Venue: Conference Room 10, Bldg. 33, 16th floor<\/p>\n Toyama Campus, Waseda University<\/p>\n Language: English<\/p>\n Q&A: English and Japanese<\/p>\n No reservation required.<\/p>\n <Abstract><\/p>\n Beginning in the 1770s, a new character appeared in the landscape of popular Japanese illustrated fiction (kusaz\u014dshi<\/i>): the author himself, fighting writer\u2019s block, pulling all-nighters, and scrambling to meet deadlines. In these works, the author is the main protagonist, and the plot is his struggle to create the book in the reader\u2019s hands. This talk examines how writers employed the author-as-protagonist to differentiate their creative labor from that of other figures involved in the creation of a book (such as publisher, illustrator, block carver, and printer). In the process, they afford us novel glimpses into the early modern imagination of the creative process itself.<\/span><\/p>\n For detail, please refer to the below flyer :<\/p>\n