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Anglophone Literatures of the Pacific War in Comparative Perspective

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K12330
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 02030:English literature and literature in the English language-related
Research InstitutionDoshisha University

Principal Investigator

McKay Daniel Eric  同志社大学, グローバル・スタディーズ研究科, 准教授 (10803744)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
KeywordsWar literature / Combat experience / Trauma / Fiction writing / Apologies / Prisoners-of-war / Hiroshima / Internment / Pacific War / Fiction Writing / James Jones / Errol Brathwaite / David Guterson / Wendy Catran / James George / War Studies / War Literatures
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research project took several forms, but had as its ultimate objective the composition and publication of a monograph on the anglophone literatures of the Pacific War, 1941-1945. To this end, a number of overseas faculty members based at foreign higher education institutions helpfully contributed feedback that led to a number of useful revisions. In addition, I participated in a number of overseas academic conferences, organized by learned societies, that likewise enabled me to make useful revisions to my project.

Finding a book publisher who is willing to take on the project has proven far more challenging that originally anticipated. Although I took tremendous care to craft a book proposal that would pitch the project in an attractive way, most publishers appear uninterested. At the present time, the University of Virginia Press has sent the proposal and a sample chapter for peer review. One of the reviews has come back positive. The other review is pending.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

このプロジェクトは1941年から1945年の太平洋戦争に関する英語圏の文献を評価
して、学者の方々及び世間の皆様のための研究論文を作成することを目標とされ
て行われました。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2019 2018

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Other ways to treat an animal: Natural horsemanship and the ethnic other2019

    • Author(s)
      Daniel McKay
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Postcolonial Writing

      Volume: 55 Issue: 5 Pages: 656-669

    • DOI

      10.1080/17449855.2019.1642234

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Pivot to Asia: Iraq War Literature and Asian/American Women2018

    • Author(s)
      Daniel MCKAY
    • Journal Title

      University of Toronto Quarterly

      Volume: 87 Issue: 2 Pages: 39-63

    • DOI

      10.3138/utq.87.2.03

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Guarded Truths: Korean Character in POW Narratives and POW Narratives in Korean History2018

    • Author(s)
      Daniel MCKAY
    • Journal Title

      Studia Neophilologica

      Volume: 90 Issue: 1 Pages: 44-55

    • DOI

      10.1080/00393274.2017.1306426

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] One of a Kind: The Atomic Bomb Survivor in James George’s Ocean Roads2019

    • Author(s)
      Daniel McKay
    • Organizer
      American Association of Australasian Literary Studies (AAALS) Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Comedic Turn: Combat as Comedy in Errol Brathwaite’s An Affair of Men2019

    • Author(s)
      Daniel McKay
    • Organizer
      Australia & New Zealand American Studies Association (ANZASA) Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Optional Necessities & Necessary Options: The Art of Forgiveness in Dennis Bock’s The Ash Garden2018

    • Author(s)
      Daniel MCKAY
    • Organizer
      War Memories: Celebrations, Reconstructions, Representations and War Narratives in the English-Speaking World (18th to the 21st Century)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Other Ways to Treat an Animal: Natural Horsemanship and the Ethnic Other2018

    • Author(s)
      Daniel MCKAY
    • Organizer
      2018 Literary Studies Convention
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Sexless Iraq: Reading Phil Klay’s 'In Vietnam they had Whores'2018

    • Author(s)
      Daniel MCKAY
    • Organizer
      Canadian Association for American Studies (CAAS) Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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