News
2023.04.20
On March 17, 2023, the Research Center for Textual Scholarship held a publication commemoration event titled “Fake Spectrum: Various Aspects of “Lies” in Literature” at the Global Lounge in Building No.9 of our university. The event was attended by a wide range of students and researchers from Seijo and various research institutions. The panel discussion and roundtable fostered a lively exchange of opinions among authors, reviewers, and audience members.
During the review meeting, three experts in their respective fields provided commentary on the content of each section of the book. Professor Motoaki Hara (Associate Professor, School of Cultural and Social Studies, Tokai University, and Special Visiting Scholar at this research center) specialises in medieval Italian literature and focused on the first part, “Fakes Different from the Present”. Professor Hirotsugu Yamajo (Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University, and Special Visiting Scholar at this research center) specialises in French literature and thought in the early modern period and commented on the second part, “Fakes of Editing”. Finally, Professor Ko Murase (Faculty of Arts and Literature, Seijo University, and Scholar at this research center), who specialises in French modern and contemporary philosophy centred on phenomenology, commented on the third part, “Fakes in the Present”, which discusses literary works of the modern and contemporary periods.
In addition, Professor Hara and Professor Murase each discussed the introduction section of this book, which extensively examines the issue of “fake” in light of contemporary politics and media, as well as from the perspective of responding to fundamental philosophical questions about “existence” and “appearance”. In the subsequent Q&A session, the floor provided various comments on the significance and limitations of this book, which deals with “fake” as a topical and universal issue through two aspects of literary interpretation and critical examination of text editing.
In the subsequent roundtable discussion, we welcomed the authors of this book to the stage and received comments on their respective essays. The moderator for the discussion was Professor Noburu Notomi (Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo, and Special Visiting Scholar at this research center), one of the editors of this book, along with Professor Kiyoko Myojo (Professor in Faculty of Arts and Literature, Seijo University, and the Director of our research center). The participants in this discussion were Professor Takami Matsuda (Professor at the Faculty of Letters, Keio University, and Special Visiting Scholar at this research center), Professor Arata Ide (Professor at the Faculty of Letters, Keio University, and Special Visiting Scholar at this research center), Professor Kayoko Takimoto (Professor at the Faculty of Business and Commerce at Keio University), Professor Hiroaki Ito (Professor at the School of Letters, Senshu University, and Special Visiting Scholar at this research center), Professor Takahiro Sasaki (Professor at Institute of Oriental Classics, Keio University), Professor Kazunobu Shimoda (Associate Professor in Faculty of Arts and Literature, Seijo University, and Scholar at this research center), Professor Takashi Nakatani (Associate Professor in School of International Liberal Arts, Yokohama City University, and Special Visiting Scholar at this research center), and Professor Reiko Kitajima (Emeritus Professor, Sophia University, and Special Visiting Scholar at this research center), in the order they appear as authors of this book.
In the roundtable discussion and subsequent Q&A session, we discussed the significance and limitations of this book, which deliberately focuses on “fake” issues around literature. We discussed the difficulty and fun in examining “fake” in literature, the similarities and differences between “fake” in the past and present, and the multifaceted nature of “fake” (and the social responses to it) that appear in various ways depending on their political backgrounds and regional characteristics. Various issues were raised, truly reflecting the title of this book, “Fake Spectrum”.
In this event, we received considerable insightful comments and shared views from readers. We would like to express once again our gratitude to all those who participated.
The Research Center for Textual Scholarship will continue to hold events related to textual scholarship regularly. We will announce these events on our university website, please feel free to join us if you are interested.
