村上春樹作品のバンドデシネに見るトランスレーション、アダプテーション、トランスファー

抄録

This paper examines the bande dessinée (BD) adaptations of Haruki Murakami’s works as a unique form of textual transformation. The transformation begins with the original Japanese source texts, followed by their French translations which serve as the basis for the BD. This adaptation is then re-imported into Japan and distributed into Anglophone publishing contexts. The complex process reveals a multifaceted transformation, highlighting the intricate nature of textual transfer. The study first offers a brief overview of key concepts related to textual transformation, such as translation, rewriting, adaptation and transfer. It then explores the BD as both a text and a product according to the methodology proposed by adaptation and transmedia studies (Eder 2015), and examines reader reviews as a form of secondary or post-publication communication regarding the BD. This study aims to challenge the traditional concept of ‘translation’ in order to gain a broader understanding of cross-cultural textual transfer.