Interrelationship of Modern Literary Endeavors in East Asia

该项目举办了各种研讨会、讲座和会议，以促进东亚不同国籍研究人员之间的相互了解。研究者们组织的研讨会包括：（1）2001年7月14日在东京大学驹场举行的日韩国际研讨会：从女性的角度看日韩文化;（2）2001年7月14日在东京大学驹场举行的台日国际研讨会：后殖民主义;台湾与日本2002年4月2日，国立台湾大学（3）比较文学与文化论坛：现代文学与浪漫爱情2002年12月7日，东京大学驹场（4）日台国际研讨会：2003年1月10日，东京大学驹场分校在进行上述学术活动的同时，研究人员观察到东亚国家和地区如日本、中国、韩国和台湾之间的文化相互关系是多么密切，重新评估了使用汉字的人们所共享的中国经典的重要性，这些经典提供了每个文化的背景。此外，我们还确认了日语作为“通用弗兰卡”，从19世纪后半叶到第二次世界大战结束，在亚洲传播现代化思想的历史作用。虽然我们应该高度认识到日本帝国主义殖民统治的现实<th>，我们证明了台湾是比较文学的发源地之一，而比较文学的定义是不同文化的交叉。2我们也记录了日本现代文学对中国和韩国文学影响的各个阶段。

The project hosted various symposia, lectures, and conferences in order to promote mutual understandings among researchers of different nationalities in East Asia. Its objectives have been to share the information on the recent trend of literary research in East Asian literature and to provoke fruitful discussions among researchers.The symposia organized by the investigators include :(1)Japan-Korea International Symposium : Cultures of Japan and Korea in terms of the Womanhood ; Language and Literature July 14,2001,University of Tokyo, Komaba(2)Taiwan-Japan International Symposium : Post-colonialism ; Taiwan and Japan April 2,2002,National University of Taiwan(3)Comparative Literature and Culture Forum : Modern Literature and Romantic Love December 7,2002,University of Tokyo, Komaba(4)Japan-Taiwan International Symposium : Foreignization and Assimilation of Alien Cultures January 10,2003,University of Tokyo, KomabaConducting the above mentioned academic activities, the investigators have observed how close the cultural interrelationship among East Asian countries and regions such as Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan have been, reassessing the importance of the Chinese classics shared by the people using Chinese characters which provided the background of each cultures. Furthermore, we have confirmed the historical role of the Japanese language which functioned as a vehicle, in the capacity of "lingua franca," for propagating the idea of modernization in Asia from the latter half of 19^<th> century up until the end of World War II.Although we should be highly aware of the realities of colonizing rule by the imperialistic Japan, we have attested the fact that Taiwan was one of the birthplaces of the comparative studies of literature which, by definition, considers intercrossing of different cultures.We have also documented the various phases of Japanese modern literature influencing Chinese and Korean literatures.