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The Representation of "Nature" in Nineteenth-Century British and American Literature and Picture

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09410120
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 英語・英米文学
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

HIRAISHI Takaki  The Univ.of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities & Sociology, Professor, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 教授 (10133323)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HUGHES G.E.H.  The Univ.of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities & Sociology, Visiting Professor, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 外国人教師 (10281700)
OHASHI Youichi  The Univ.of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities & Sociology, Associate Professo, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 助教授 (20126014)
TAKAHASHI Kazuhisa  The Univ.of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities & Sociology, Professor, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 教授 (10108102)
FUJIKAWA Yoshiyuki  The Univ.of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities & Sociology, Professor, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 教授 (20083264)
HIGHES G.E.H  東京大学, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 外国人教師
G.E.H. Hughe  東京大学, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 外国人教師
Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1998
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1998)
Budget Amount *help
¥8,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥5,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,400,000)
Keywordsnature / orientalism / Turner / Ruskin / myth / 19世紀 / 英米文学 / 英米絵画
Research Abstract

The common purpose of our research was to examine various socio-cultural meanings given to Nature in the nineteenth century British and American literature, from Nature as an object of exploration and industrial exploitation, to Nature as an admirable basis for critical discussion on modern civilization. In Mark Twain's early writings, for instance, we repeatedly found out his ambiguous attitude to Nature. He jeered and despised the materialistic dream of the Gold Rush era, but it was also his own dream at that time, which exasperated him with repeated failure : further, when he visited Hawaii, he deplored its uncivilized condition of life and advised to "develop" it by means of capitalism and Christianity, but he did not fail on the other hand to refer to the pleasure of indolence native people there enjoyed, the kind of pleasure which was to become his trademark when he created Huckleberry Finn, which appeared all the more precious for his industrialism. We thus concluded that his (and Huck's) famous criticism of civilization originates in his ambiguous view of Nature ; that its capitalistic aspect, which obviously corresponded to the spirit of the era and therefore needed no literary appeals, was gradually made indistinct. His affinity to Nature was not independent of industrialism of the age after all ; it was merely the reverse side of the coin. However, we can not underestimate its energy and significance, because once born, it grew up as if independently to the extent that it put into question the whole system of modem civilizaition. Our conclusion was shown reasonable by other researches on other topics, which revealed similar ambiguities in the authors of the age.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1998 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1997 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All Other

All Publications (13 results)

  • [Publications] 平石貴樹: "トウェインの西部/南部" 原川恭一編『アメリカ文学の冒険-空間の想像力』. 彩流社. 15-32 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 平石貴樹: "『あの夕陽』を丁寧に読む" 英文学春秋. 2・2. 22-42 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hiraishi, Takaki: "Twain's West/South" Hrakawa, Kyoichi (ed.) Adventures of American Literature-the Imagination of Space (Sairyu-sha). 15-32 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hiraishi, Takaki: "Faulkner's "The Evening Sun" : A Close Reading" Eibungaku Shunju (Kyoto English Review). 2-2. 22-42 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 平石貴樹: "「トウェインの西部/南部」" 原川恭一編『アメリカ文学の冒険-空間の想像力』. 彩流社. 15-32 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 平石貴樹: "「『あの夕陽』を丁寧に読む」" 『英文学春秋』. 2-2. 22-42 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 平石貴樹: "モリスン、キングストン、フォークナ-、「追体験」小説" ユリイカ. 29・15. 88-97 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 平石貴樹: "O先生への手紙-小説(フォークナ-)の危機について" 文学空間. 4・2. 7-23 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 富士川義之: "黄金の枝(I)〜(V)" 大航海. 14〜18. 14〜19、14〜17、175〜82、156〜61、178〜84 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 富士川義之: "フレーザーとフロイト(I)〜(II)" 大航海. 19〜20. 153-159 164-170 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] G.E.H.Hughes: "Scandalous Matters:O'Faolain,Bowen and the Art" The Harp. 12. 113-121 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 高橋和久: "「エトリックの羊飼い-或いは、羊飼いのレトリック-(12)" 英語青年. 143・12. 712-714 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 平石貴樹(共著): "アメリカ文学における空間" 彩流社(4月予定), (1998)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report

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