Education
Ph.D. Kyushu University
M.A. University of
Wisconsin, Madison
B.A. Wheaton College (IL)
Books
Strack, D.C. (2019).
Metaphor from the Ground Up. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
(Click on book titles or book cover images for purchasing information.)
Strack, D.C. & Fiona Creaser. (2015). Writing for Response. Okayama:
University Education Press.
Strack, D.C. (2014). Kindai bungaku no hashi [Bridges of Modern Japanese Literature]. Fukuoka:
Kyushu University Press.
(5th Annual Kyushu University Press Academic Book Publication Grant Recipient.)
Strack, D.C. （2014）Chapter 8: "Literary Landscaping and the Art of
Social Reform." In
Literature as Translation / Translation as Literature.(Christopher Conti & James Gourley, eds.) Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Strack, D.C. (2007). Literature in the Crucible of Translation:
A Cognitive Account. Okayama: University Education Press.
Selected Academic Articles
Strack, D.C. (2017). Bridges and Renunciation of Power in The Lord of the Rings. University of Kitakyushu, Bulletin of the Faculty of Foreign Studies, 146, 49-105. (pdf)
Strack, D.C. (2016). Solving Metaphor Theory's Binding Problem: An Examination
of Mapping and it's Theoretical Implications. Metaphor and Symbol, 31(1), 1-10. (link to pdf)
Strack, D.C. (2013). Kuroda Josui and Dazaifu Tenmangu: With special reference
to his Tenjin Faith and donation of the "Three Bridges."University of Kitakyushu,
Bulletin of the Faculty of Foreign Studies, 136, 19-50.(pdf)
Strack, D.C. (2012). Reading the Terrain: Cultural Setting and Characterization in The Sun Also Rises.
University of Kitakyushu, Bulletin of the Faculty of Foreign Studies, 132, 101-125. (pdf)
Strack, D.C. (2008). Inyu to wa nani-ka. [What is metaphor?] Social and Cultural Studies, 24, 1-14. (pdf)
Strack, D.C. (2008). Bridges to Heaven and Hell: On the Interrelationship
of Ethics and Artifice in A Tale of Two Cities. University of Kitakyushu, Bulletin of the Faculty of Foreign Studies, 121, 21-51.
(pdf)
Strack, D.C. (2007). Bridges and Border Stories: Interpreting Implicit
Boundaries in "Tam o'Shanter" and "The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow." University of Kitakyushu Faculty of Humanities Journal, 73, 53-74. (pdf)
Strack, D.C. (2006). When the PATH OF LIFE crosses the RIVER OF TIME: Multivalent
Bridge Metaphor in Literary Contexts. University of Kitakyushu Faculty of Humanities Journal, 72, 1-18. (pdf)
Strack, D.C. (2006). Hemingway's Iceberg Sinks: A Reconsideration of Across
the River and Into the Trees. University of Kitakyushu Faculty of
Humanities Journal, 71, 1-28. (pdf)
Strack, D.C. (2006). Book Review:
Hiraga, M.K. Metaphor and Iconicty: A Cognitive Approach to Analysing
Texts. Metaphor and Symbol, 21(2), 121-126. (Metaphor & Symbol)
Strack, D.C.
(2006). Who are the Bridge-Builders?: Metaphor, Metonymy and the Architecture of
Empire. Style, 39(1), 37-54. (Style,
Amazon.com)
Strack, D.C. (2004). The Bridge Project: Research on Metaphor,
Culture and Cognition. University of Kitakyushu Faculty of Humanities
Journal, 68, 19-45. (pdf)
Strack, D.C. (2003). Mishima no hashizukushi: Hankindai no kindai-teki hyôgen to shite. [Mishima's Hashizukushi: As a
Modern Expression of Anti-modernism.] Kindai Bungaku Ronshu, 29, 85-95. (pdf - pp. 85-90 only)
Strack, D.C.
(2002). Theories of Learning in Applied Linguistics: A Neurobiological
Perspective. Journal of the Waseda University Institute of Language
Teaching, 57, 1-31. (pdf) (html)
Strack, D.C. (2002). Nihon no hashi to sekai
no hashi: Yasuda Yojûrô to Yanagita Kunio ni okeru hashi no isô. [Bridges of Japan, Bridges of the World: On the Differing Views of Bridges
of Yasuda Yojuro and Yanagita Kunio.] University of Kitakyushu Faculty of Humanities
Journal, 61, 1-15. (html)
Strack, D.C. (2000). Deliver us
from Nada: Hemingway's Hidden Agenda in For Whom the Bell Tolls. University
of Kitakyushu Faculty of Humanities Journal, 59. 97-127. (pdf) (html)
Strack, D.C.
(2000). Sorihashi ni okeru hashi: shôchô to kaishaku. [Bridges in
Kawabata's Sorihashi: Symbol and Interpretation.] Kindai Bungaku Ronshu, 25, 64-73. (html)
Strack, D.C. (1999).
Miyamoto Teru no Doro no kawa ni okeru shôchô: Fune to hashi no tairitsu.
[Symbolism in Miyamoto Teru's Doro no Kawa: On the Metaphorical Opposition of
Boats and Bridges.] University of Kitakyushu Faculty of Humanities
Journal, 56, 89-115. (html)
Strack, D.C. (1998).
Miyamoto Teru no Dôtomborigawa kenkyû: Hashi kara dôsatsu suru jinsei.
[Research on Miyamoto Teru's Dotomborigawa: Viewing Life from a Bridge.]
University of Kitakyushu Faculty of Humanities Journal, 54, 93-110. (English abstract: html)
Bridges in Literary Context Photo-essays
Strack, D.C. (2002). Shashin de miru hashi no bungaku: Mishima Yukio "Hashizukushi."
[Bridge Literature Photo-essay: Mishima Yukio's "Hashizukushi."] (html)
Award-winning Fiction
Strack, D.C. (1998)."Alaska." (html)
Courses Taught
Intensive Japanese Language (Japanese Through Manga and Anime Workshop)
Beginning and Intermediate Levels (University of Kitakyushu CIEE Summer
Program)
Research Interests
Cognitive Approaches to Literature, Metaphor, Translation, Comparative
Literature, Bridges in Literary Contexts
Professional Affiliations
International Cognitive Linguistics Association
Cognitive Approaches to Poetry and Literature
Modern Language Association