| Project/Area Number |
12610510
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
英語・英米文学
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| Research Institution | Toyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
EBINE Hiroshi Toyo University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (90029653)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ISHIWATA Masatoshi Toyo University, Faculty of Letters, Assistant Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (40193362)
NAKAMURA Kenji Toyo University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (20029680)
OOKUBO Naoki Toyo University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (90008904)
MANO Yasushi Gakushuin University, Faculty of Letters, Assistant Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (60239142)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2002
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2002)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
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| Keywords | Britain / literature / stylistics / representation / psychological notation / サミュエル・ジョンソン / ジェーン・オースティン / イエイツ / E.M.フォースター / 共感 / 名詞化 / 語彙論 |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this research is to throw some light on how mental phenomena have been represented and on what models of the mind these representations have been predicated in the history of English literature. To do this, each of us made a case study of particular authors, works or groups of authors and investigated their presentations of mental phenomena and their historical determinants. Mano took up Samuel Johnson's essays and studied his use of medical terminology; Nakamura traced the changes from Thomson to Wordsworth in the application of the concept of sympathy; Ebine examined the effects of the highly nominalized representation of the mind of Elizabeth Bennet. These three studies of 18th century prose have found that the model of the mind underlying it is that the mind is composed of classifiable attributes and functions, and therefore analysis of key terms is a useful tool in understanding these texts. On the other hand, Ookubo, who scrutinized Yeats' "Under Ben Bulben," and Ishiwata, who studied E. M. Forster's novels and stories, both found that the model of the mind these modernist texts employ is one of shifting configurations of impressions and images, driven by unconscious forces. They conclude that traditional analyses by means of allusion and symbol is more appropriate than the quantitative approach of stylistics. Our study suggests that stylistics and historical investigation are each incomplete in itself, and must complement each other in order to yield meaningful results.
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