Grimm Boom’s Translation: Beyond Akai Tori

I hope to conduct research on the growth and cultivation of the Grimm Brothers’ folktales in Japan. To do this I will be analyzing the first adaptations of the folktales seen in an early Japanese Children’s Magazine known as Akai Tori and will be contrasting it to more contemporary adaptations. I specifically wish to study the illustrations that were used along with Grimm Brother’s tales that were retold through Japanese authors. To do this I will analyze the content of the retold narratives, the art style in the illustrations as well as how these translations helped to cement an early growing Japanese national identity. I hope to further English research conducted on the magazine as well as provide further insights behind Mayako Murai’s “Grimm boom” era in Japan where the tales were utilized as critiques of modern gender norms in Japanese society. The tales themselves continued to be used afterwards for various media such as games, manga and television series, I hope to provide insight behind what this “Post Grimm Boom” era may be attempting to critique through its depictions […]

Faculty Supervisor:

Naomi Hamer

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Partner:

Shirayuri University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

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