Essays about: "Murakami"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the word Murakami.

  1. 6. I was only feeling a little lonely. A comparison of Alfred Birnbaum's and Jay Rubin's translations of Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Isabelle Sanne; [2014-02-17]
    Keywords : Japanese; Translation; Murakami; Norwegian Wood; Birnbaum; Rubin;

    Abstract : Whether to translate literally or freely has always been the big question when it comes to translating literature, and throughout time it has become clear that translators who observe different conditions also adopt different strategies, and ultimately come up with remarkably different products. The purpose of this thesis is to compare the different English translations of Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood (1987) by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin, and clarify which translation methods they tend to lean towards in order to gain an understanding of how their choice of translation methods affects the result of their work. READ MORE

  3. 7. A room in the hotel Alphaville : An essay on surveillance and exposed bodies in Haruki Murakami's After Dark

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Litteraturvetenskap

    Author : Johanna Nygren; [2013]
    Keywords : Murakami; Foucault; surveillance; After Dark; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay analyses the novel After Dark, written by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. It examines, from a Foucaultian perspective, how the novel presents a modern panoptic society. It is discussed how surveillance and objectification are connected and how they behave within the panoptic structure. READ MORE

  4. 8. "She's just not there" : A study of psychological symbols in Haruki Murakami’s work

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Johanna Nygren; [2010]
    Keywords : Murakami; psychoanalysis; c-essay;

    Abstract : In this essay a novel by the Japanese author Haruki Murakami, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, is examined through dreams as a psychoanalytical phenomenon or spectacle. The novel is a complex work but mainly circles around the main character Toru, a middle-aged man in modern Japan whose wife leaves him unexpectedly. READ MORE

  5. 9. Combination of results from gene-finding programs

    University essay from Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Cecilia Hammar; [1999]
    Keywords : gene-finding; combination of predictions;

    Abstract : Gene-finding programs available over the Internet today are shown to be nothing more than guides to possible coding regions in the DNA. The programs often do incorrect predictions. The idea of combining a number of different gene-finding programs arised a couple of years ago. READ MORE