Introduction: Japanizing C19 American Literary Studies / イントロダクション：十九世紀アメリカ文学研究 を日本化する

Abstract:For more than half a century, C19 American literary studies in Japan has been a truly active field of study. Why is C19 American literary studies so active in Japan? What is it about C19 American literature that appeals to Japanese scholars? How have C19 authors been received in Japan? To answer these questions, this forum introduces C19 American literary studies in Japan to the scholars in the United States and beyond, with a hope that this forum helps enhance an international scholarly exchange across the Pacific. In today's age of globalization, a mutually affecting influence across national borders would diversify and energize C19 American literary studies, which this forum aims to encourage. By directing attention to the modes of studies different from their own, American literary studies in the US, which is said to have undergone the transnational turn, can make itself transnational by learning what Japanese academics have to say about C19 American literature.