This conference aims to illuminate the interplay between traditional literary cultures in an East Asian context by examining the reception and narrative developments of the major traditional Chinese novels, especially Sanguozhi yanyi 三國志演義 (Romance of the Three Kingdoms; hereafter Three Kingdoms) in East Asia.
All are welcome! Light refreshments will be provided.
Programme for May 25th:
9:30 am
Opening Remarks
9:40 am
Keynote Speech: Robert Hegel (Liselotte Dieckmann Professor of Comparative Literature, Washington University in St. Louis): Rereading the Four Masterpieces of the Ming Novel
10:40 am
Section I
Hyuk-Chan Kwon (Organizer, University of Alberta): Political Implications of Three Kingdoms in Contemporary Korea
Kyoung Wook Min (Kyonggi University): Three Kingdoms as Quoted in Yi Sunsin’s War Diary
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:20 pm
Section II
Isaac Yue (University of Hong Kong): Yoshikawa Eiji’s Three Kingdoms as an Ode to Japanese Colonial Aggression
Eunbong Lee (Incheon National University): After the Korean War, Why Were Koreans Captivated by a Japanese Version of Three Kingdoms?
2:40 pm
Session III
Hirosawa Yusuke (Ritsumeikan University): Images of Mist and Wind in Woodblock Paintings of Three Kingdoms in Early Modern China and Japan
Barbara Wall (University of Copenhagen): Mapping The Journey to the West as Dynamic Text in Korea from the 14th Century
4:00 pm
Break
4:20 pm
Session IV
Shan Ren (University of Alberta): The Adaptation of Chinese Ming novels in Japanese late Edo novels: Takizawa Bakin and Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (Tale of Eight Dogs)
William Hedberg (Arizona State University): Romance of the Two Kingdoms: Chinese Fiction as Conduit and Barrier in Early Modern Japan
5:40 pm
Closing Remarks
This conference is supported by The Academy of Korean Studies, The China Institute, Kule Institute for Advanced Study, Prince Takamado Japan Centre for Teaching and Research, and Department of East Asian Studies at University of Alberta.