| Position | Associate Professor |
|---|---|
| Faculty | Contemporary Literary Studies |
| Graduate School | Contemporary Literary Studies |
| Department | Contemporary Literary Studies |
Career
| March 2007 : | Ph.D., Hokkaido University |
| April 2021 : | Appointed to the Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
Research Area
(1) Contemporary American Fiction
My main research area is the American novel after 1980, with particular emphasis on how the literature of war has developed against the background of a series of conflicts and interventions from the Vietnam War to 9/11 to the Iraq War. Fiction in the age of neoliberalism is another significant topic in my research of contemporary American fiction.
(2) Immigrant literature
Literature of migration has witnessed a wide range of changes in the 21st century. Contemporary writers’ approaches to the experience of preceding generations, as well as the sociopolitical conditions in which migration and writing of migration take place, are my particular interests.
(3) Translation studies
With contemporary fiction itself being often viewed as “born translated,” the question I pursue is what role literary translation can play in this particular cultural climate.
