| Project/Area Number |
15K02357
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Meiji University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
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| Keywords | ジョン・ミューア / アラスカの旅 / ネイチャーライティング / 科学と文学 / ミューア |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study focuses on J. Muir's Alaska trip of 1879 from two points of view. The first is descriptive and objective. The second focus is on identifying the type of thinking that underlies the writing of "Travels in Alaska." L. M. Wolfe suggests that it was a lecture by S. Jackson in the Yosemite Valley in June 1879 that spurred him to go. But Muir's letter to his fiancee Louisa (dated July 9, 1879) implies that his meeting with Lieutenant C. L. Hooper in Port Townsend should be considered as the original stimulus for his trip to Alaska.
In "Travels in Alaska" we can see Muir attempting to fuse literature, intuition and science. He opines that that indigenous artifacts such as totem poles should be left in their original position; outsiders should not be allowed to collect them for any reason. The study of native American society and culture should be explored by means of what he calls "predication," a fusion of scientific description and subjective representation.
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