{"id":8465,"date":"2012-10-18T18:04:16","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T23:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/wp\/?p=8465"},"modified":"2012-10-18T18:04:16","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T23:04:16","slug":"irony-deficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/irony-deficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Irony deficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Helen Rittelmeyer<\/a>‘s review of Yumiko Kurahashi\u2019s The Adventures of Sumiyakist Q<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

For one thing, Japanese literature has no tradition of satire. I did not realize this until I read it in the translator\u2019s introduction (\u201conly deviations from accepted socials norms have tended to be the objects of criticism . . . where there have been attempts at satire in the twentieth century . . . one gets a stronger sense of personal grievance than of objective criticism\u201d), and if he says it, I suppose it\u2019s true. I have heard that Americans visiting Japan are warned not to speak hyperbolically because they are liable to be taken literally, and it is difficult to imagine satire without exaggeration.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is this true? Does Japan not have an Aristophanes or a Swift? I’m skeptical; I don’t see how a culture can stay sane or even survive without satire.<\/p>\n

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Even if it was once true of Japanese literature, it’s not true now. See Yasutaka Tsutsui<\/a>, Sayonara<\/a> Zetsubou<\/a> Sensei<\/a><\/b><\/i>, Legend of Koizumi<\/a><\/b><\/i>, Oh! Edo Rocket<\/a><\/b><\/i>, Jinrui wa Suitai Shamashita<\/a><\/b><\/i>, Dai Mahou Touge<\/a><\/b><\/i>, ….<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: The challenges of translating humor<\/a>. (Via the Sanity Inspector<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Helen Rittelmeyer‘s review of Yumiko Kurahashi\u2019s The Adventures of Sumiyakist Q: For one thing, Japanese literature has no tradition of satire. I did not realize this until I read it in the translator\u2019s introduction (\u201conly deviations from accepted socials norms have tended to be the objects of criticism . . . where there have … Continue reading “Irony deficiency”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime","category-culture-and-anti-culture"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-2cx","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}