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The 20th Century Spanish Novel and Social Crisis: Intersection between Literature and Sociology in F. Ayala's Works

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K02570
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field European literature
Research InstitutionKeio University

Principal Investigator

MARUTA Chikako  慶應義塾大学, 経済学部(日吉), 准教授 (00548414)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywordsスペイン現代文学 / 文学と社会学 / スペイン内戦後文学 / 社会の危機 / 亡命知識人 / フランシスコ・アヤラ / 亡命文学 / スペイン文学 / 小説 / 社会学と文学 / 知識人 / 外国文学(中・英・仏・独除く) / 文学社会学 / スペイン語圏
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project is a research of novels and works of sociology written by the novelist and sociologist Francisco Ayala (1906-2009). In this project, I examined the development of Ayala’s political and sociological ideas between the 1940s and the 1960s, and the representation of these ideas in five novels; Los usurpadores (1949), La cabeza del cordero (1949), Historia de macacos (1955), Muertes de perro (1958) and El fondo del vaso (1962).
This research reveals clear connections between social problems in societies in crisis, expressed in Ayala’s early sociological writing, and the themes portrayed by specific characters in his later novels. Ayala’s earlier sociological works discuss various social problems that Spain and other countries experienced through the 20th century. Later, he presents these arguments as specific cases in the novels. Thus Ayala fuses sociological and literary arguments to clarify concrete social problems and to offer them to readers of his novels.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究にて、社会学の著作と小説との照応関係を研究した結果、先行研究で看過されてきた点や新たな知見を国内外に発信することができた。従前、アヤラ研究は文学作品を焦点とした研究が中心となっていたが、本研究により、アヤラ研究においては、文学作品だけではなく、彼の社会学の著作を含めた包括的な研究をする必要性を提起できた。またアヤラの著作とスペイン国内外のアヤラ研究を管理しているアヤラ財団に本研究成果を欧文で提供したことで各分野のアヤラ研究(文学、社会学、哲学、政治学など)の発展に少なからず貢献することができた。また研究過程で見出した文献情報の訂正なども財団に報告できた点からも国際的な貢献ができた。

Report

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

    (9 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] The Problems of Higher-Education in Spanish Intellectuals’ Writings and in Francisco Ayala’s Novel Muertes de perro2019

    • Author(s)
      丸田千花子
    • Journal Title

      日吉紀要.人文科学

      Volume: 34 Pages: 213-232

    • NAID

      120006650245

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Rhetoric of Newspapers in Francisco Ayala’s El fondo del vaso2019

    • Author(s)
      丸田千花子
    • Journal Title

      日吉紀要.言語・文化・コミュニケーション

      Volume: 51 Pages: 89-104

    • NAID

      120006783344

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A New Readership for the Exiled Writers: Evolution of Francisco Ayala's Post-War Novels2018

    • Author(s)
      Chikako MARUTA
    • Journal Title

      日吉紀要.言語・文化・コミュニケーション

      Volume: 50 Pages: 175-188

    • NAID

      120006552026

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] Francisco Ayala and Literature in Exile2018

    • Author(s)
      丸田千花子
    • Organizer
      University of Alabama, Department of Modern Languages & Classics, Department of English, The Blount Scholars Program
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The Theatrical Arts of the East and the West and Displacement in Auto de los despatriados2018

    • Author(s)
      丸田千花子
    • Organizer
      The 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Socio-political Insights in Francisco Ayala’s Novels of the 1940s and 1950s2017

    • Author(s)
      丸田千花子
    • Organizer
      48th Annual Conference of NEMLA
    • Place of Presentation
      Marriott Baltimore Waterfront, Baltimore, USA
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-26
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Francisco Ayala y la teoria de traduccion en Argentina de los anos 19402017

    • Author(s)
      丸田千花子
    • Organizer
      The 70th Annual Conference of KFLC: The Languages, Literature and Cultures Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Satirical Beasts as a Tool of Social Manifestation in Francisco Ayala’s Novels2017

    • Author(s)
      丸田千花子
    • Organizer
      The 59th Annual Convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Teoria y practica de la traduccion japonesa de La cabeza del cordero2016

    • Author(s)
      丸田千花子
    • Organizer
      Conversaciones en la Fundacion V: Contextos culturales y literarios de Francisco Ayala
    • Place of Presentation
      Fundacion Francisco Ayala, Granada, Spain
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-22
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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