Visionary Japan : Representations and Counter-Representations of Japan in Literature and Arts

本研究项目旨在全面探讨在英美文学和文化的影响下产生、形成和发展的“有远见的日本“或“日本形象“的概念。此外，还考察了日本文学史的一些相关方面。该项目以殖民/后殖民批评背景下的跨文化“代表”和“接触区”思想为理论基础，探索并揭示了“有远见的日本”的塑造过程是如何高度复杂的。从多个角度分析了关于“梦幻日本“的文学和文化话语，揭示了“梦幻日本”形象生成的持续过程。“《梦幻日本》是通过这样一个综合过程单独制作和消费的。

This research project aimed at a comprehensive approach to the idea of"visionary Japan"or"images of Japan,"generated,formed, and developed in conjunction with the influences of British and American literature and culture. It also examined some related aspects of Japanese literary history. This project,based theoretically upon the ideas of trans-cultural"representation" and "contact zone" within the context of colonial/post-colonial criticism, explored and revealed how the shaping process of"visionary Japan" has been highly complicated. The literary and cultural discourses on the "visionary Japan"were analyzed through multiple viewpoints which revealed the continuing process of producing the images of "visionary Japan." "Visionary Japan"has been produced and consumed individually through such a comprehensive process.