Tokyo: The life of a literary giant begins with home self-defense!

Chapter 278: Becoming the Great Devil of Japanese Literature 2

Chapter 278: Becoming the Great Devil of Japanese Literature 2
Mutual learning among civilizations and reconstruction of world literature.

The exchange was held at the Institute of Oriental Culture at the University of Tokyo.

There are American media such as The New Yorker, as well as various scholars from Japan and the United States.

He has been a visiting professor at various professors of the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo, and a linguistics and literature scholar at Princeton University.

"Sorry, I don't know you, please stop your rude behavior!"

Barron, a student at Princeton University and an assistant to Professor Martin.

At this time, he was pushed out by Longchuan Che, looking a little panicked.

He knew Ryukawa Toru, the boyfriend of the beautiful Japanese girl.

He also saw them hugging at Haneda Airport a few days ago.

"Hasn't anyone told you that it's rude to keep staring at someone else's girlfriend?"

Longchuan Che hugged the other person and walked out behind Professor Martin.

He originally just wanted to talk to the professor, but he didn't expect that the Scotsman had been staring at Muzi during the lecture.

Muzi dressed up very beautifully today.

Longchuan Che was worried that if he left for a while, the other party would shamelessly approach him.

Rain rolled down the glass in the corridor of the Oriental Research Institute.

Barron blushed when he heard what the other party said.

The girl playing volleyball on the beach in Brazil was truly the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.

When the other party showed up at the exchange meeting just now, he even forgot to look through the instructor's projected materials.

“Everyone has the right to appreciate beauty.”

Barron Brewster blushed a little when he was caught by Longchuan Che, but he still retorted stubbornly.

There was no time to engage in verbal battle with the other party, so Longchuan Che took him to catch up with the Princeton University professor who had just given a speech.

The other person was wearing a well-fitting black suit and was a little surprised to see the two of them catching up with him.

The part he was responsible for was finished and he was going to find a cafe to rest for a while.

"Barron, what are you doing?"

Longchuan Che hugged the other person, looking like a good brother.

However, Martin saw that Longchuan Che was holding the other person's hand with a little force, and it was obvious that this boy was supporting his student to walk.

His eyes suddenly became somewhat alert, as he had often been attacked and targeted during the so-called world literature exchange meetings.

World literature, in a broad sense, is a general term for the world's overall literature.

But it is actually a kind of literary faction.

Martin took two steps back, knowing that such a clash of literary concepts would lead to accusations and attacks.

"take it easy."

Longchuan Che pursed his lips.

Attacking "The Tale of Genji" is like digging up the roots of the Japanese, so it is normal for the other party to worry about being beaten.

“I’m very interested in world literature, as well as the topic of today’s seminar. I thought we could talk about it.”

"We? Chat?"

Perhaps they didn't expect Ryukawa Toru to say that. Everyone could see the attitude of the Japanese scholar after the speech just now.

He was so indignant that he wanted to tear him apart.

World literature had little significance when it was first born, but now it has become a tool for high-influence countries to assimilate low-influence countries.

To enter the international market, we must move closer to Western literature.

If we move closer to Western literature, we will lose something original.

This is already the consensus among a group of top scholars and writers.

The other party probably didn't understand the significance of world literature. Martin sighed and shook his head.

"In the 19th century, Paris was the cultural center of Europe. Europeans read French novels, recited French poetry, and watched French dramas."

Longchuan Che said casually as he looked at the other person who was about to leave.

"Goethe was able to use the concept of world literature to help Germany escape from French literary domination. You gave up just because you were besieged by a bunch of Japanese scholars?"

In the eyes of some scholars, the "World Literature Exchange" initiated by Princeton University in the United States is no different from war. It kills people without bloodshed and can be used to carry out spiritual colonization of other countries.

Literary assimilation, cultural invasion.

Can one still be considered an Oriental if one thinks in a Western way?

Martin raised an eyebrow at the fact that the other party was well versed in the original meaning of world literature.

Sometimes, literary wars are more terrifying than the swordplay on the battlefield, otherwise the status of pure literature would not be so high.

"What do you want to talk about?"

Now that he was in a good mood to chat, Martin was thinking about how to get those Japanese scholars to agree to the retranslation of The Tale of Genji.

Disassembling The Tale of Genji in a Westernized form.

The impact on a nation's future culture is long-lasting and far-reaching.

"I can help you with the retranslation of The Tale of Genji this time."

Longchuan Che said something shocking while walking towards the cafe.

Martin and his student Barron looked at him in surprise?
"Are you a student in the literature department?"

The blond-haired Barron said with a strange tone.

This boy with the deerstalker hat had a strange temperament and was so calm in front of his teacher that he sometimes had the illusion that the other party was a scholar of the same level as his teacher.

but…

"The teacher is a professor of drama, English, and comparative literature. He is the author of The Written World: How Literature Shapes History and is a long-term contributor to The New York Review of Books."

Barron said with some boasting that this Oriental man seemed to be a little ignorant. The teacher couldn't handle those Japanese scholars, so how could he help?
The New York Review of Books, the seventh-ranked literary magazine in the world.

Longchuan Che pinched his chin.

"The sky was dark and cold, and Prince Genji was filled with sorrow. He looked up at the evening sky and chanted to himself:
These tears are filled with love and affection, and I still hope that you will have mercy on me."

Ryukawa Toru was talking about the waka poem that Martin had taken apart during the lecture.

The other party is talking about a third translation that is different from the traditional translation, Gong Cheng's translation.

"The Tale of Genji" is an ancient novel. In order to make it understandable to modern people, it must be reconstructed and retranslated in such a way that modern Japanese can understand it.

Martin was stunned. The other party's translation seemed to be better than Gong Cheng's version.

He stretched out his hand and shook hands with Longchuan Che, then frowned.

The other party's retranslation is still of the oriental style, which is very good but can't help me.

"What I need is to globalize The Tale of Genji. Your work is too oriental and you can't help me."

It is clearly about de-orientalization, but it is described as globalization.

Longchuan Che sneered.

Now that Western literature is mainstream, others are talking about world literature. If Eastern literature were mainstream, do you think these Westerners would bring up the concept of globalization?

Literary culture is the city of a country or nation.

Globalization means homogenization and mediocrity.

Ryukawa Toru has always recognized this concept.

Shaking his head at the teacher and student, Ryukawa Toru did not have the so-called Japanese national spirit.

Literary stance equals political stance.

Ryukawa Tetsu said to Martin Pisner:

"Japanese literary orthodoxy is on your side."

“I can’t get them to approve.”

Thinking that there were still a group of people accusing him, Longchuan Che sneered at the golden-haired foreigner.

"But you can let them."

The boy smiled sinisterly, and Martin Pisner felt as if he was being stared at by some kind of reptile.

Japan's famous national universities, the rumbling rainy season.