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The Definition of Masculinity and the Formation of Masculine Identity and Authority in the Imperial Periphery in Dickens's Later Novels

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K16787
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Literature in English
Research InstitutionKochi University

Principal Investigator

Hasegawa Masayo  高知大学, 教育研究部人文社会科学系教育学部門, 講師 (30423867)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywordsチャールズ・ディケンズ / ジェンダー / 男性らしさ / 大英帝国周縁部 / 『荒涼館』 / ディケンズ / 帝国周縁部 / 慈善活動 / 女性の影響力 / イデオロギー / 大英帝国 / 後期小説
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed at analyzing Dickens's views on masculinity, and its main three findings are as follows. First, Dickens felt that masculinity was not an independent entity but it was as differences from or a contrast to femininity. Second, Dickens felt difficulties in writing a story where his hero would establish and acquire his masculine identity and authority on the domestic stage of Victorian England. The third finding is that Dickens's difficulties result primarily from the fact that he essentially espoused Victorian ideologies of gender which were riven with contradictions.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の主たる学術的意義としては、以下の3つが挙げられる。1つ目は、従来のDickens研究ではあまり注目を集めることのなかった男性登場人物にも焦点をあてることで、Dickensの男性観に新たな読みの可能性と解釈を与えたこと。2つ目は、従来の批評ではDickensにとって帝国周縁部は円滑に進めるための舞台装置でしかないと単純に解されてきたが、その使用には彼の女性に対する恐怖心と彼のジェンダー観の矛盾が集約されていることを明らかにしたこと。3つ目は、Dickensの後期小説分析を通して、当時のジェンダー・イデオロギーの曖昧さや矛盾を指摘することで、ヴィクトリア朝のジェンダー研究にも貢献した。

Report

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

    (3 results)

All 2019 2018

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] The Hero Out of the Home in Bleak House: Dickens's Perceptions on Masculinity and Domestic Ideology2019

    • Author(s)
      長谷川雅世
    • Journal Title

      『中国四国英文学研究』(『英文学研究支部統合号』)

      Volume: 第15号(第11巻)

    • NAID

      130007596787

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Carolyn Lambert and Marion Shaw, eds., For Better, For Worse: Marriage in Victorian Novels by Women(書評)2018

    • Author(s)
      長谷川雅世
    • Journal Title

      『ギャスケル論集』

      Volume: 28 Pages: 95-102

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The Threatening Angel in Bleak House: Contradictions in Dickens's Characterization of Esther Summerson and Victorian Domestic Ideology2018

    • Author(s)
      長谷川雅世
    • Journal Title

      高知大学教育学部研究報告

      Volume: 78 Pages: 193-201

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Open Access

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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