講演会「Literature and Disaster in Japan: Reflections from History and the Present Day」のお知らせ

話が急ですが、今度の3月13日夜、ロンドンで以下のような講演会が開催されることが決まり、僕も小さな発表をすることになりました。主催は国際交流基金（ジャパン・ファウンデーション）です。詳細はこちらに↓
http://www.jpf.org.uk/whatson.php#433

「震災」と「日本文学」についての関わりを、ロンドン大学SOASのジャパン・リサーチ・センター代表のスティーブン・ドッド博士と、仙台白百合女子大学の大本泉教授がお話されます。ドッド先生は関東大震災と谷崎潤一郎、横光利一、小林多喜二との関係、大本先生は関東大震災と日本文学（おそらく自然主義関係）の関わりおよび、今回の東日本大震災における被災地住人としてのご自身の体験をお話されると思います。

僕は、東日本大震災後の現代短歌についてお話します。当然、僕は日本にいないので、遠い地にいてどのような短歌の動きが伝わってきたのかということを、あくまでも「報告」の観点からお話するつもりです。

　　Literature and Disaster in Japan: Reflections from History and the Present Day

Commemorating one year since the Great East Japan Earthquake, The Japan Foundation presents an evening looking at the relationship between literature and disaster in Japanese history. Writers have often been called upon to try to help society come to terms with the challenges of tragic events in Japan’s past. Correspondingly, such events have periodically led to significant changes within Japan’s literary world. This event will examine some of these historical examples with the purpose of seeking an outlook of hope in the wake of last year’s events in the Tohoku region.

Dr Stephen Dodd, Senior Lecturer in Japanese at SOAS, will discuss the way in which the Great Kanto Earthquake brought about profound cultural changes in 1920s Japan, particularly in the area of literature. The earthquake opened up the possibility of entirely new modes of living to become the topics of literary work. He will touch briefly on a range of literary responses, including the work of Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, Yokomitsu Riichi and Kobayashi Takiji. Prof Izumi Ohmoto will respond to this historical outlook on Japanese literature, as well as touching on her own experience of recent events from her position as Professor at Sendai Shirayuri Women’s College. Prof Ohmoto is also a member of the Women Authors Committee of The Japan P.E.N. Club. Finally, Karan Kurose, a tanka poet, will talk about the response of the Japanese poetry community to the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, providing examples of poems written in the aftermath of these events. He is editor of Mirai and a member of the Modern Tanka Poet Society.

Date : 13 March 2012 from 6.30pm

Venue : The Japan Foundation
　　　　　10-12 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5EH

イベントは無料ですが、参加希望の方はevent@jpf.org.ukまで予約メールをお願いします。