The aesthetics and formula of Japanese detective fiction: the work of Edogawa Rampo as a counterpoint to its western influence

• Grant number: 17/12483-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: October 01, 2017
• End date: September 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Literature Theory
• Principal Investigator: Neide Hissae Nagae
• Grantee: Gabriel de Oliveira Fernandes
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

While studying the history of Japanese detective fiction, it is impossible not to recognize the strong western influences from where the genre was once imported. Nevertheless, at the same time, it is undeniable that there is a characteristically Japanese sensibility, from its narrated situations to its literary structure. As such, the proposed thesis aims to analyze whether Edogawa Rampo (1894-1965) was successful in placing the genre in the intersection between Japanese tradition and the modern import, assimilating and adapting the western genre to his repertoire and how can these works be translated without betraying the puzzle concocted by the author. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

FERNANDES, Gabriel de Oliveira. The enigma of Akechi Kogorō: reading mode and translation challenges of Edogawa Rampo\'s detective fiction. 2019. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.