Contents

　　Japanese Literature Studies

　　275 Introduction to Japanese Literature Studies

　　Oshima Hitoshi

　　276-288 The self-organization of Japanese Literature

　　Maria Jesusde Prada Vincente

　　289-298 Mythological Heroes in Korea and Japan

　　Min Byung-Noon

　　299-310 The literary value of Basho’s poetry

　　Oshima Hitoshi

　　311-322 The Decorative and the Poetic in Rimpa Art

　　Cynthia Daugherty

　　323-332 “You’re Forever Stuck in Neutral，Manmeat”:Hobbesian Biopolitics

　　and the Rise of the Transhuman

　　Thomas Lolis

　　Romanian Literature and Culture Studies

　　333 Romanian Cultural Identity:Landmarks and Turning Points

　　Monica Spiridon

　　334-341 Oriental Voyages:Marthe Bibesco’s ExtendedCountry

　　Roxana Verona

　　342-349 The Picturesque Romania:An Exercise of Reterritorialization and Sym-

　　bolic Translocation

　　Romanita Constantinescu

　　350-363 Post-1989 Romanian Literature and the Reframing of Cultural Identity

　　Marcel Cornis-Pope

　　364-371 Romanian Cultural Identity:Remembered，Recorded，Invented

　　Monica Spiridon

　　Brazilian Literature Studies

　　372 Introduction:Homage to Brazil

　　Charles Ross

　　373-382 Juliet’s Brazilian Mother

　　Charles Ross

　　383-398 Postcolonial Plagiarisms:Yambo Ouloguem，Calixthe Beyala，and Witi Ihimaera

　　Shaun F. D. Hughes

　　399-409 The Poignant Moment:From G. E. Lessing to Film Theory

　　Beate I. Allert

　　410-419 English in the Expanding Circle:the Differences Do Make a Difference

　　Margie Berns

　　420-433 Orpheus and the Racialized Body in Brazilian Film and Literature of the

　　Twentieth Century

　　Patrice D. Rankine

　　434 Notice from Office