| Project/Area Number |
19K13100
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02030:English literature and literature in the English language-related
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University (2021-2022)
The University of Tokyo (2019-2020) |
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Principal Investigator |
Brooks Britton 九州大学, 言語文化研究院, 助教 (00826183)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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| Keywords | Soundscapes / Geophony / Biophony / Old English Literature / Anglo-Latin Literature / Ecocriticism / Medieval Culture / Old Norse Literature / Soundscape / Literature / Old English / Anglo-Latin / Medieval Literature / Material Culture |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
My approach will provide the first interdisciplinary analysis of soundscape in the early medieval period, by considering perceptions of aural events in a range of artistic productions. The result will be several articles, and a draft of my monograph: The Soundscapes of Early Medieval Literature.
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Research into depictions of the non-human world in literature often focus on the visual. Early Medieval Soundscapes sought to address the inherent critical gap of other ways of experiencing and writing about the world by considering the use of sound in medieval literature. The overall aim was to better understand how humans relate to sound and use it in their creative works, whether it be literature or images. Despite several setbacks due to COVID-19, the project produced a number of important results, including: 2 peer-reviewed articles, with 1 more under final review; 1 book proposal for a monograph titled Early Monastic Soundscapes: Human and Non-human Worlds; and 6 conference presentations (2 international and 4 domestic). The project’s most important achievement was opening up a new area of analysis for early medieval literature, and showcasing how the peoples of the period actively engaged with sound in their environment in their literature and other artistic productions.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
The project has helped begin a significant shift in early medieval scholarship by revealing the ways people in that period engaged with the non-human world. Through its use of interdisciplinary analysis, it has paved the way for further research into sounds and soundscapes, both literary and visual.
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