Tag: The Fall of Language in the Age of English

August 31, 2021

Does Literature Have to Be Monolingual?

Ellen Jones on Minae Mizumura’s An I-Novel and Multilingualism in Translation

Japanese writer Minae Mizumura’s An I-Novel was originally published in 1995 under the title Shishōsetsu: From Left to Right, to huge uproar. It is a reworking of the traditional “shishōsetsu” or “I novel,” a modernist Japanese autofictional genre that is...

January 10, 2020

Language and the Nation

By Syd Low

The Modern Language Association (MLA) has championed the study and teaching of languages and literatures since 1883. In concurrence with the annual meeting, which started yesterday, we thought we’d take a closer look at just one facet of this work: the...

August 28, 2018

Book Excerpt! Minae Mizumura and The Fall of Language in the Age of English

Japanese novelist Minae Mizumura’s The Fall of Language in the Age of English lays bare the struggle to retain the brilliance of one’s own language in this period of English-language dominance. Publishers Weekly called the book: “An eye-opening call to...

August 27, 2018

Book Giveaway! Women in Translation Month

August is Women in Translation Month–a time in which we celebrate and read works in translation by female authors. In appreciation of our women in translation, this week we are delving into our backlist to feature fiction and nonfiction from...

February 13, 2015

Absorbed in Translation: The Art — and Fun — of Literary Translation, by Juliet Winters Carpenter

The following essay is by Juliet Winters Carpenter, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, and the co-translator of The Fall of Language in the Age of English. The essay was originally published on The Conversation. I recently stumbled upon a...

February 12, 2015

Thursday Fiction Corner — Minae Mizumura As Novelist

Minae Mizumura, author of The Fall of Language in the Age of English is also a well-known novelist. Her most recent novel, A True Novel, is a reimagining of Wuthering Heights and has been widely praised, including a glowing review...

February 10, 2015

An Interview with Minae Mizumura, author of "The Fall of Language in the Age of English"

Read an interview with Minae Mizumura, author of “The Fall of Language in the Age of English”

December 9, 2014

New Book Tuesday: The Fall of Language, Pandora's Risk, and The Gangster Film

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