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Middle English literature in the fringes of the British Isles

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K02327
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Literature in English
Research InstitutionKansai University

Principal Investigator

Wada Yoko  関西大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (00123547)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
KeywordsMiddle English / fringes / Latin / French / MS Harley 913 / Ireland / Fransiscans / history / MS Harley 93 / Norman French / Irish language / Piers of Bermingham / satire / 中英語文学 / アイルランド / ノルマン・フレンチ / アイルランド語 / 14世紀 / The Land of Cokaygne / penance / Anglo Norman / Earl of Desmond / 中英語 / 写本 / ラテン語 / 仏語 / フランシスコ会
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Quite a number of Middle English works have not been properly appreciated or fully studied in large part because they were composed in the peripheral areas of the British Isles such as the Welsh marches or the Irish Pale. The present study demonstrates that works of this category, such as those preserved in London, British Library, MS Harley 913, have considerable literary and historical value. Transcribed by a single scribe in Ireland around 1330, the Harley works, both prose and poetry, are written in English, Latin and French, and they cover a remarkable variety of genres: religious poems,Franciscan documents, political songs of historical importance, scurrilous satire, and so on. Moreover, despite being written in three different languages, these works are interrelated in content and tone, so that only by being studied as part of a cohesive whole can the full significance of the Harley Middle English works be understood.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

中世英文学研究において優れた作品であっても、イングランド以外の地域で生まれたという理由で、ほとんど研究対象とされてこなかった作品が少なくない。1330年頃アイルランドで筆写されたLondon, British Library, MS Harley 913に収録されている、英語、ラテン語、フランス語による作品群を典型例として、文学的価値の高さと歴史資料としての意義の大きさを明らかにした。そして、そこで使用されている3言語による作品は互いに関連しており、作品群全体のコンテキストの中で、英語の作品を解釈することが重要であることも示した。こうしたアプローチの重要性を、この写本を具体例として知らしめた。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 3 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Invited: 2 results) Book (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] “Hero or Villain?--an Anglo-Norman context for the poem Piers of Bermingham in London, British Library , MS Harley 9132020

    • Author(s)
      Yoko Wada
    • Journal Title

      Trends in Eastern and Western Literaturek Medieval and Modern

      Volume: Monograph11 Pages: 73-94

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Scribal glosses to Elde and Earth in London, British Library, MS Harley 9132019

    • Author(s)
      Yoko Wada
    • Journal Title

      関西大学東西学術研究所紀要

      Volume: 53

    • NAID

      120006708866

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The poem Nero of London, British Library, MS Harley 913: a satire on medieval disputes of philosophy and theology2016

    • Author(s)
      Yoko Wada
    • Journal Title

      Kansai University Institute of Oriental and Occidental Studies

      Volume: 49 Pages: 207-216

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 14世紀のアイルランドで書かれたLondon, British Library, MS Harley 913に見られる「愚者の祭り」の諸相2015

    • Author(s)
      和田葉子
    • Journal Title

      Neo-ANGLICA

      Volume: 6 Pages: 27-38

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] ロンドン大英図書館所蔵Harley913写本に収録された中英語詩Lollaiとそのラテン語版の関係についての一考察2015

    • Author(s)
      和田葉子
    • Journal Title

      関西大学東西学術研究所紀要

      Volume: 48 Pages: 127-138

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] A Reading of The Land of Cokaygne2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoko Wada
    • Organizer
      広島英語研究会(第60回)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] A Reading of The Land of Cokaygne2019

    • Author(s)
      和田葉子
    • Organizer
      広島英語研究会(第60回)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] London, British Library, MS Harley 913収録のThe Land of Cokaygneに見られる逆さまの世界2019

    • Author(s)
      和田葉子
    • Organizer
      関西大学東西学術研究所研究例会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 天国への行き方教えます:14世紀の諷刺詩 The Land of Cokaygneにおける"dritte" について2017

    • Author(s)
      和田葉子
    • Organizer
      関西大学東西学術研究所研究会例会
    • Place of Presentation
      関西大学東西学術研究所
    • Year and Date
      2017-02-16
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] London, British Library, MS Harley 913に収められた謎々の謎:中世ラテン語によるややこしい家族関係2016

    • Author(s)
      和田葉子
    • Organizer
      関西大学東西学術研究所研究例会
    • Place of Presentation
      関西大学東西学術研究所
    • Year and Date
      2016-02-23
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Trends in Eastern and Western Literature Medieval and Modern2020

    • Author(s)
      Yoko Wada et al
    • Publisher
      Kansai University Institute of Oriental and Occidental Studies
    • ISBN
      9784946421778
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Faith and Fiction in Western Literature2020

    • Author(s)
      Yoko Wada at al
    • Total Pages
      220
    • Publisher
      Kansai University Press
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] From Medieval to Modern: aspects of the western literary tradtion2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoko Wada, Masao Kondo, Patrick O'Neill, Wataru Hirata, Shu Tsuzumi, and Motohiro Kawakami
    • Total Pages
      212
    • Publisher
      Kansai University Press
    • ISBN
      9784873546537
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] From Medieval to Modern: aspects of the western literary tradtion2017

    • Author(s)
      Yoko Wada (ed.)
    • Total Pages
      201
    • Publisher
      関西大学出版
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 『ケルト文化事典』 「ギラルドゥス・カンブレンシス」の項目2017

    • Author(s)
      木村正俊、松村賢一、和田葉子、有光秀行、有元志保、池田寛子、岩瀬ひさみ、岡本広毅、風間泰子、加藤昌弘、川成洋、北文美子、小菅奎申、小宮真樹子、佐藤容子、嶋崎陽一、下楠昌哉、少路邦子、高名康文、立野晴子、田中美穂、寺本圭佑、梨本邦直、野口結加、林邦彦、春木孝子、疋田隆康、菱川英一、平島直一郎、廣野元昭、不破有理
    • Publisher
      東京堂出版
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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