L.M.Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables: The Japanese Connection
1993; University of Toronto Press; Volume: 28; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3138/jcs.28.3.123
ISSN1911-0251
Autores Tópico(s)Japanese History and Culture
ResumoThis paper explores the reasons for the immense popularity of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables in Japan. It concludes that Japanese women are attracted to Anne of Green Gables because the novel has a universal appeal for young women; the situation in Japan at the end of the Second World War, when Anne was translated into Japanese, was particularly propitious for such a cheerful, optimistic book; there are many similarities between Japanese beliefs and the values expressed in Montgomery’s novel; and despite the obvious differences in culture and time, there are parallels between Prince Edward Island in 1900 and present-day Japan that help account for Montgomery’s continued popularity.
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