Perspectives of Comparative World Literature and Cultural Studies

Abstract

The publication includes scientific papers and reports by students and PhD students from Saitama State University (Japan), Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University (Ukraine) and Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine), which were presented during international seminars within the framework of a joint scientific project “Perspectives of Comparative World Literature and Cultural Studies,” which took place online from 30 November 2021 until 18 January 2022. The papers are dedicated to topical issues of Japanese and Ukrainian culture, classical and modern literature, gender issues, challenges of today’s society, national traditions and art in Ukraine and Japan. For students, graduate students, postgraduate students, and anyone interested in art, literature, and culture. This collection of research papers is published at the discretion of the academic council at Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University (protocol № 8, 28 January 2022). Edited by Susumu Nonaka (Saitama State University), Olga Nikolenko (Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University), Alan George Milne (Saitama State University), Kateryna Nikolenko (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv).