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Takayuki Tatsumi

たつみ たかゆき

Tatsumi Takayuki

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1955-05-15 （Tokyo, Japan）
Nationality
Japanese
Languages
Japanese, English
Residence History
Tokyo

Career

Occupations
Professor at Keio University, Literary theorist, American literature scholar, Science fiction scholar
Active Years
1988-2024
Affiliations
Keio University
Memberships
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan

Education

Sophia University
Faculty of Letters
Country: Japan
Cornell University
Department of Literatures
Degree: PhD
Country: United States

Awards

Nihon SF Taisho
2000
Work: Nihon SF ronsōshi
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cyberpunk America

1988 SF Criticism

Study on cyberpunk in American literature

CyberpunkAmerican Literature

Rhetoric of Contemporary Science Fiction

1992 SF Criticism

Rhetorical analysis of contemporary SF

RhetoricSF

Full Metal Apache

2006 SF Criticism

Transactions between cyberpunk Japan and avant-pop America

CyberpunkPop Culture

Bibliography

  • Cyberpunk America
  • Rhetoric of Contemporary Science Fiction
  • Metafiction as Ideology
  • A Manifesto for Japanoids
  • Disfiguration of Genres: A Reading in the Rhetorics of Edgar Allan Poe
  • New Americanist Poetics
  • New York Decadence
  • Dinosaur and America
  • Slipstream Japan
  • Metaphor Murders
  • Full Metal Apache
  • Cyborg Feminism
  • Science Fiction Controversies in Japan
  • Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams

Style & Themes

Literary Style
CriticalAcademicSF-oriented
Recurring Motifs
CyberpunkMetafictionAmericanism

Legacy

Pioneering Japanese SF scholar, author of numerous critical works, Professor at Keio University teaching literary theory and American literature.

Trivia

  • Avid science fiction fan
  • Alumnus of Sophia University and Cornell University