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「東西学術研究所紀要」第56輯 (Tōzai gakujutsu kenkyūsho kiyō 56), pp. 47–78. , 2023
Hitomaro’s poems on leaving Iwami are contained in the sōmon section in the Man’yōshū Book 2. Inc... more Hitomaro’s poems on leaving Iwami are contained in the sōmon section in the Man’yōshū Book 2. Including the preliminary versions, there are nine poems, but the poem 2: 140 can also be seen to belong to them, depending on the interpretation. In the early 1970s, Itō Haku turned against the established reading and proposed a narratologically attractive model in which the time of the narrated world runs backwards towards the center in 2: 140. However, this model met with fierce resistance and is considered disproven. Strictly speaking, this concerns only the center, not necessarily the reverse chronology, but the established understanding
according to which the time of the narrated world unfolds in parallel with the poem texts still dominates the discourse. Although other proposals have been attempted, some essential aspects have not been considered. These aspects, which corroborate Itō’s model, will be the focus of this study. They concern the poem’s contents but also its titles and the position of the sequence within the sōmon section.
Bulletin of the Tōzai Gakujutsu Kenkyūsho, 2022
Hitomaro’s poems 1: 29 to 31 depict the ideas, memories, and feelings of the narrator at the sigh... more Hitomaro’s poems 1: 29 to 31 depict the ideas, memories, and feelings of the narrator at the sight of the overgrown ruins of Ōmi no Ōtsu no Miyako, the decayed capital at Lake Biwa. The sequence comprises one long poem (chōka) and two short poems (tanka). These compositions are followed by two more short poems by another poet. These poems are assigned by the author of this paper to the preceding sequence in a narratological reading. A narratological reading must also importantly consider peritexts such as the title, preface, postscript, and annotations. There exists a long history of research on Hitomaro’s three poems, which have also been analyzed from the narratological perspective (Misaki Hisashi 2005). However, the extant article dealt only with the aspects of time and space, and the narrator was not examined.
The present study attempts a new approach based on the elaborate analysis of narratological poetry, probing whether a narratological lyric analysis of Hitomaro’s poems can offer new insights.
Asiatische Studien / Études Asiatiques LXV 2, 2011, S. 575-594.
Vorstellung von drei japanischen Krimiautoren und ihren Helden.
Studienreihe der japanischen Gesellschaft für Germanistik , 2009
Studienreihe der JGG, 2019
... alten Weiher und dem Frosch, laut Akzentangabe in Shinmeikans Kokugojiten ein Trochäus wäre, ... more ... alten Weiher und dem Frosch, laut Akzentangabe in Shinmeikans Kokugojiten ein Trochäus wäre, da der Tonakzent auf der ersten Silbe liegt (Fúru ike ya...). Da sich allerdings der hoheTonakzent bis zur Silbe ya fortsetzt, so steht es jedenfalls im 18 Vgl. ...
Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques
Some of Ōtomo no Yakamochi’s best-known poems are included among the fifteen poems that introduce... more Some of Ōtomo no Yakamochi’s best-known poems are included among the fifteen poems that introduce the Man’yōshū Book 19. While research sees the common themes of these poems, it does not understand them as a cohesive group or “work” (sakuhin 作品). This essay takes a narratological approach and subjects the poems to a reinterpretation based on the two dimensions of “space” and “time.” This reading reveals the fifteen poems as a narrative sequence. For comparison and at the same time for a better understanding, a sequence from Book 17 is consulted, which shows similar narrative features. While the spatial aspects are in the foreground there, the sequence from the Book 19 deals with the theme of time. Both sequences are framed, and their middle section can be compared to the enlargement technique of photography (blow-up). In both sequences, the traditional banquet poetry to the 3rd day in the 3rd month plays a central role. The essay contains a complete translation of the fifteen poems ...
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 2018
Summary: Ansgar Nünning proposes a three-dimensional model to understand the phenomenon of spati... more Summary: Ansgar Nünning proposes a three-dimensional model to understand the
phenomenon of spatial representations in literature. It consists of three axes and my paper focuses on the axis of selection, i.e., the paradigm from which the patterns for spatial descriptions are selected, in order to examine the different conceptions, representations, and evocations of space in Japanese literature of the seventh and eighth centuries. The texts are selected from the genres of poetry and prose, and the underlying assumption is that spatial representations in poetry are much more extensive due to the fact that poetry possessed more ways to enunciate the subtleties of old Japanese grammar such as aspect and tense. The fundamental distinction of spatial representations is based on Ernst Cassirer’s model of the “mythical, esthetic, and theoretical space”. However, in order to conduct detailed examinations more specific means are indispensable. These are provided by Andreas Mahler’s three methods to elaborate literary spaces and Gerhard Hoffmann’s distinctions of space types. The overall aim of the paper is to contribute to the reconstruction of the ideas, conceptions, and representations of space in pre-Heian Japan.
Japanstudien, 2005
Abstract: Traditional philology in Japan (kokubungaku) is often described, both at home and abroa... more Abstract: Traditional philology in Japan (kokubungaku) is often described, both at home and abroad, as having a phobia of theory. The literary scholar often speaks the same language as the poet, and in many cases, as in the second edition of Iwanami Literary Studies (Iwanami Kōza Bungaku, 1975–1976), they are one and the same person. However, a closer look at Japanese literary studies since the translation of Eagleton’s Literary Theory in 1985 reveals that this paradigm has already started to shift. The publication of the third edition of Iwanami Literary Studies, and in particular the supplement Literary Theory (Bungaku Riron, 2004) distinctly reflects this shift, at least among the younger generation of literary scholars. In my paper, I will show not only the shift to theory in recent Japanese literary studies but also that theory itself (as it is used in Japan) has experienced that the worldwide movement described as the “cultural turn.” In order to prove this observation, I will take a closer look at the contemporary English, German, and Japanese discourses on literary theory, and in particular concepts such as contingency, (new) contextuality, and culturalism.
Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques
Bochumer Jahrbuch für Ostasienforschung, 2021
This peer-reviewed article is a general review of Vovin's Man'yōshū translations. It focuses on i... more This peer-reviewed article is a general review of Vovin's Man'yōshū translations. It focuses on issues and problems in literary studies as well as translation studies. I hope to post the PDF soon, but if anyone does not want to wait that long, please contact me privately.
「東西学術研究所紀要」第56輯 (Tōzai gakujutsu kenkyūsho kiyō 56), pp. 47–78. , 2023
Hitomaro’s poems on leaving Iwami are contained in the sōmon section in the Man’yōshū Book 2. Inc... more Hitomaro’s poems on leaving Iwami are contained in the sōmon section in the Man’yōshū Book 2. Including the preliminary versions, there are nine poems, but the poem 2: 140 can also be seen to belong to them, depending on the interpretation. In the early 1970s, Itō Haku turned against the established reading and proposed a narratologically attractive model in which the time of the narrated world runs backwards towards the center in 2: 140. However, this model met with fierce resistance and is considered disproven. Strictly speaking, this concerns only the center, not necessarily the reverse chronology, but the established understanding
according to which the time of the narrated world unfolds in parallel with the poem texts still dominates the discourse. Although other proposals have been attempted, some essential aspects have not been considered. These aspects, which corroborate Itō’s model, will be the focus of this study. They concern the poem’s contents but also its titles and the position of the sequence within the sōmon section.
Bulletin of the Tōzai Gakujutsu Kenkyūsho, 2022
Hitomaro’s poems 1: 29 to 31 depict the ideas, memories, and feelings of the narrator at the sigh... more Hitomaro’s poems 1: 29 to 31 depict the ideas, memories, and feelings of the narrator at the sight of the overgrown ruins of Ōmi no Ōtsu no Miyako, the decayed capital at Lake Biwa. The sequence comprises one long poem (chōka) and two short poems (tanka). These compositions are followed by two more short poems by another poet. These poems are assigned by the author of this paper to the preceding sequence in a narratological reading. A narratological reading must also importantly consider peritexts such as the title, preface, postscript, and annotations. There exists a long history of research on Hitomaro’s three poems, which have also been analyzed from the narratological perspective (Misaki Hisashi 2005). However, the extant article dealt only with the aspects of time and space, and the narrator was not examined.
The present study attempts a new approach based on the elaborate analysis of narratological poetry, probing whether a narratological lyric analysis of Hitomaro’s poems can offer new insights.
Asiatische Studien / Études Asiatiques LXV 2, 2011, S. 575-594.
Vorstellung von drei japanischen Krimiautoren und ihren Helden.
Studienreihe der japanischen Gesellschaft für Germanistik , 2009
Studienreihe der JGG, 2019
... alten Weiher und dem Frosch, laut Akzentangabe in Shinmeikans Kokugojiten ein Trochäus wäre, ... more ... alten Weiher und dem Frosch, laut Akzentangabe in Shinmeikans Kokugojiten ein Trochäus wäre, da der Tonakzent auf der ersten Silbe liegt (Fúru ike ya...). Da sich allerdings der hoheTonakzent bis zur Silbe ya fortsetzt, so steht es jedenfalls im 18 Vgl. ...
Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques
Some of Ōtomo no Yakamochi’s best-known poems are included among the fifteen poems that introduce... more Some of Ōtomo no Yakamochi’s best-known poems are included among the fifteen poems that introduce the Man’yōshū Book 19. While research sees the common themes of these poems, it does not understand them as a cohesive group or “work” (sakuhin 作品). This essay takes a narratological approach and subjects the poems to a reinterpretation based on the two dimensions of “space” and “time.” This reading reveals the fifteen poems as a narrative sequence. For comparison and at the same time for a better understanding, a sequence from Book 17 is consulted, which shows similar narrative features. While the spatial aspects are in the foreground there, the sequence from the Book 19 deals with the theme of time. Both sequences are framed, and their middle section can be compared to the enlargement technique of photography (blow-up). In both sequences, the traditional banquet poetry to the 3rd day in the 3rd month plays a central role. The essay contains a complete translation of the fifteen poems ...
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 2018
Summary: Ansgar Nünning proposes a three-dimensional model to understand the phenomenon of spati... more Summary: Ansgar Nünning proposes a three-dimensional model to understand the
phenomenon of spatial representations in literature. It consists of three axes and my paper focuses on the axis of selection, i.e., the paradigm from which the patterns for spatial descriptions are selected, in order to examine the different conceptions, representations, and evocations of space in Japanese literature of the seventh and eighth centuries. The texts are selected from the genres of poetry and prose, and the underlying assumption is that spatial representations in poetry are much more extensive due to the fact that poetry possessed more ways to enunciate the subtleties of old Japanese grammar such as aspect and tense. The fundamental distinction of spatial representations is based on Ernst Cassirer’s model of the “mythical, esthetic, and theoretical space”. However, in order to conduct detailed examinations more specific means are indispensable. These are provided by Andreas Mahler’s three methods to elaborate literary spaces and Gerhard Hoffmann’s distinctions of space types. The overall aim of the paper is to contribute to the reconstruction of the ideas, conceptions, and representations of space in pre-Heian Japan.
Japanstudien, 2005
Abstract: Traditional philology in Japan (kokubungaku) is often described, both at home and abroa... more Abstract: Traditional philology in Japan (kokubungaku) is often described, both at home and abroad, as having a phobia of theory. The literary scholar often speaks the same language as the poet, and in many cases, as in the second edition of Iwanami Literary Studies (Iwanami Kōza Bungaku, 1975–1976), they are one and the same person. However, a closer look at Japanese literary studies since the translation of Eagleton’s Literary Theory in 1985 reveals that this paradigm has already started to shift. The publication of the third edition of Iwanami Literary Studies, and in particular the supplement Literary Theory (Bungaku Riron, 2004) distinctly reflects this shift, at least among the younger generation of literary scholars. In my paper, I will show not only the shift to theory in recent Japanese literary studies but also that theory itself (as it is used in Japan) has experienced that the worldwide movement described as the “cultural turn.” In order to prove this observation, I will take a closer look at the contemporary English, German, and Japanese discourses on literary theory, and in particular concepts such as contingency, (new) contextuality, and culturalism.
Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques
Bochumer Jahrbuch für Ostasienforschung, 2021
This peer-reviewed article is a general review of Vovin's Man'yōshū translations. It focuses on i... more This peer-reviewed article is a general review of Vovin's Man'yōshū translations. It focuses on issues and problems in literary studies as well as translation studies. I hope to post the PDF soon, but if anyone does not want to wait that long, please contact me privately.
Das Buch ist im Harrassowitz-Verlag als Band 132 in der Reihe "Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Mor... more Das Buch ist im Harrassowitz-Verlag als Band 132 in der Reihe "Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes" (AKM) erschienen (568 Seiten, ISBN: 978-3-447-12087-6, fester Einband).
Themenaufriss: Die Menschen erzählten und erzählen in „nahezu unendlichen Formen zu allen Zeiten, an allen Orten und in allen Gesellschaften“. So formulierte Roland Barthes Mitte der 1980er Jahre das, was heute zum Grundwissen der Narratologie gehört, und nichts könnte diese Behauptung wohl besser belegen als eine Literatur, die zeitlich und räumlich so weit entfernt ist wie die älteste Literatur Japans. Der Tatsache, dass in japanischen Mythen erzählt wurde, ist nichts entgegenzusetzen. Aber wie sieht es im alten Japan mit den „nahezu unendlichen Formen“ aus, von denen Roland Barthes spricht?
Dieser sowie anderen Fragen widmet sich der nun vorliegende Band. Der Untersuchungsgegenstand ist dabei weniger die japanische Geschichtsschreibung, in der auch die Mythen überliefert sind, sondern das Man’yōshū, Japans älteste Sammlung von Dichtung in gebundener Sprache. Deren zwanzig Bände mit über 4500 Gedichten sowie kurzen Prosatexten, die ab Ende des siebten Jahrhunderts zusammengestellt wurden, werden gemeinhin als Lyrik rezipiert. Die Gedichte der ersten beiden Bände bilden jedoch im Verbund mit den Peritexten wie Titeln, Vor- und Nachbemerkungen oder Anmerkungen originelle Formen der Erzählung und Geschichtsschreibung, die es gilt, narratologisch herauszuarbeiten und darzustellen.
Das Buch richtet sich an eine Leserschaft mit einem Interesse an den Erzählungen aus einer Zeit, als die bekannten Formen noch nicht ausgehärtet waren. Es deckt alternative Entwürfe auf, die Licht auf das werfen, was in der Forschung zum Man’yōshū bisher im Schatten lag, und die Konzentration auf die ersten beiden Bände trägt zum grundlegenden Verständnis der Sammlung bei.
Das Buch enthält umfassende Untersuchungen, ist aber aufgrund der Einengung auf den 1. und 2. Band als Einführung zum Man’yōshū und dessen Erforschung sowie in die altjapanische Literatur durchaus geeignet, zumal auch für die Narratologie, Geschichte und Geschichtsschreibung sowie die Archäologie (Asuka, Fujiwara-kyō) grundlegende Fragen angesprochen und diskutiert werden.
Dieser Band sowie der vorangehende AKM-Band 120 (2021) versuchen, einige Lücken in den Lehrplänen der deutschsprachigen Japanologie zu füllen. Der interessierten Leserschaft sowie den Studierenden der japanischen Literatur und Geschichte wird damit die Möglichkeit zur selbständigen Einarbeitung in höchst interessante Arbeitsbereiche gegeben.
Das Inhaltsverzeichnis sowie die Einführungen sollten in Kürze bei academia.edu / researchgate.net zum Download bereitstehen.
In: Beiträge zur kulturwissenschaftlichen Süd- und Ostasienforschung 5b; Habilitationsschrift, Dr... more In: Beiträge zur kulturwissenschaftlichen Süd- und Ostasienforschung 5b; Habilitationsschrift, Druckkostendeckung durch die VG Wort. ISBN: 978-3-95650-009-1
In: Beiträge zur kulturwissenschaftlichen Süd- und Ostasienforschung 5a; Habilitationsschrift, Dr... more In: Beiträge zur kulturwissenschaftlichen Süd- und Ostasienforschung 5a; Habilitationsschrift, Druckkostendeckung durch die VG Wort). ISBN: 978-3-95650-009-1
This introduction into my book "Altjapanische Texterzeugung und die chinesischen Wurzeln – Darges... more This introduction into my book "Altjapanische Texterzeugung und die chinesischen Wurzeln – Dargestellt an einer Korrespondenz aus dem Man’yōshū" (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2021; “Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes” 120) is a machine translation from German. I have polished the text somewhat, but have not spent too much time on it, and hope that it is on the whole understandable. If you have any questions, please contact me by e-mail.
Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 2020
Harrassowitz-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-447-11547-6 (Inhaltsvertzeichnis und Einleitung mit Erlaubnis de... more Harrassowitz-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-447-11547-6
(Inhaltsvertzeichnis und Einleitung mit Erlaubnis des Verlages)
Kiefernwind und grüne Berge. Der Wandermönch Santōka und das freie Haiku., 2011
Dissertation, Druck 2001 Da das Buch schon länger nicht mehr über den Handel erhältlich ist, habe... more Dissertation, Druck 2001
Da das Buch schon länger nicht mehr über den Handel erhältlich ist, habe ich mich zur online-Veröffentlichung entschlossen.
Broschüre mit Inhaltsverzeichnis und Einleitung. Buch: ca. 550 Seiten, Hardcover, B5-Format
online-Veröffentlichung mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Verlages
presentation PDF, panel: "pre-modern literature 18", EAJS conference, Ghent August 28
literary work and literary manga (introduction, comparison) popular culture
"Wittkamp's lectures on classical Japanese literature: Oku no Hosomichi" (part 1) Only one messag... more "Wittkamp's lectures on classical Japanese literature: Oku no Hosomichi" (part 1)
Only one message: "Read the origial tex!"
Analyzing the first chapter to solve two problems:
1: chapter structure in Japanese commentaries (chūshakubon) and translations
2: Thinking about comma or period in translations and commentaries (based on a narratological approach)
This is an overview of the second part of the talk, put together in a hurry ... Please let me kno... more This is an overview of the second part of the talk, put together in a hurry ... Please let me know if you find mistakes.
This essay is a heavily revised and expanded version of an earlier work, written in German. The E... more This essay is a heavily revised and expanded version of an earlier work, written in German. The English expression is not yet corrected, since I would like to wait with it still, until - so the hope - on this way suggestions, tips or wishes take place. Any comment will be welcomed! To avoid any misunderstandings: I am, of course, concerned with questions of content, not with error corrections.
I have given here only a short overview of the Man'yōshū "from the outside", in order to bring my... more I have given here only a short overview of the Man'yōshū "from the outside", in order to bring my own thoughts somewhat into form. Since this is also about translations into German, I have written in German.
semantization of the level of expression
There were some mistakes in the first version. Please accept my apologies and many thanks to Mr. ... more There were some mistakes in the first version. Please accept my apologies and many thanks to Mr. Osterkamp for pointing them out.
