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1	Above and Below the Sky: Examining Representations of the Atomic Bomb in Japan and in the United States Shimizu, Kanako 01 January 2017 (has links) This study of atomic-bomb literature on Hiroshima will be through a critical lens, largely through postcolonial theory and reader-response criticism. It will be a discussion on the social and political implications behind the popularization of certain works. The discussed texts will not necessarily be written by the Japanese or by survivors of the atomic bomb: in the first case, I will be examining authorial intent and its relation to the intended reader responses from the implied American audience to study perpetuations of propaganda after the war. This paper will also be examining the interlingual translatability of psychological and physical trauma surrounding the atomic bomb and will be exploring the capacities of language to express an emotional and often sensitive topic. atomic-bomb literature atomic-bomb poetry atomic bomb Hiroshima Japanese literature translation studies Children's and Young Adult Literature Comparative Literature English Language and Literature Japanese Studies Translation Studies