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British Utopian Literature and Thought and the Discourse of Anthropology

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K13118
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 InstitutionMeiji University

Principal Investigator

Ozawa Hisashi  明治大学, 商学部, 専任准教授 (80838128)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywordsユートピア / ディストピア / 人類学 / 帝国主義 / アイデンティティ / 他者 / 英文学 / ジェンダー / オリエンタリズム
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究において中心となる問いは、19世紀末から20世紀前半の英国ユートピア文学・思想と人類学言説(プロの人類学者のみならず作家などアマチュア人類学者による言説も含む)の関係がどういうものかという点にある。本研究の目的は、①この時期のユートピア文学・思想が人類学言説から受けていた影響の内容を明らかにすること、②ユートピア文学・思想が、主に1980年代以降に批判される人類学の問題(観察者と被観察者の権力関係など)を予測していたことを明らかにすることである。両分野のテクストを理論的かつ歴史的に精読し分析する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research analysed the relation between anthropology and British utopian literature and thought from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. It revealed that, under the influence of anthropology, utopian writers imagined other beings and cultures and presented alternative forms of humanity and the world, and that utopian writers offered their opinions on anthropology in regard to the difficulty in understanding and describing others as well as the importance of living and learning with others.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ユートピア文学・思想と人類学は、異文化の他者に関する点で共通しており、何らかの関係性が推定されるが、これまであまり研究されてこなかった。本研究は、19世紀末から20世紀中期のユートピア作品のテクストを検討することで、ユートピア作品が、異文化や他者の想像において人類学から影響を受けるとともに、人類学に対して、そのオルタナティヴを提案するなど、積極的に働きかけていたことを具体的に示すことができた。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2024 2022 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Lost Horizon Revisited2021

    • Author(s)
      Hisashi Ozawa
    • Journal Title

      The James Hilton Newsletter

      Volume: 59 Pages: 1-4

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The Mother-Child Relationship in E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops" and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World2020

    • Author(s)
      Hisashi Ozawa
    • Journal Title

      Language and Literary Studies of Warsaw (Anniversary E. M. Forster Issue)

      Volume: 10 Pages: 283-303

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Vestiges of Imperialism in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World: Reconstructing a Hidden History behind the World State2019

    • Author(s)
      Hisashi Ozawa
    • Journal Title

      Op.Cit.: A Journal of Anglo-American Studies

      Volume: 2nd Series, No. 8 Pages: 97-115

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Aldous Huxley and D. T. Suzuki: A Biographical Consideration of Their Relationship2019

    • Author(s)
      Hisashi Ozawa
    • Journal Title

      Aldous Huxley Annual: A Journal of Twentieth-Century Thought and Beyond

      Volume: 19 Pages: 199-218

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Utopia and Totality in Aldous Huxley's Later Work2019

    • Author(s)
      OZAWA Hisashi
    • Journal Title

      The Bulletin of Arts and Sciences, Meiji University

      Volume: 543 Pages: 43-59

    • NAID

      40022035189

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Anthropology and Utopian Literature before and after Brave New World2022

    • Author(s)
      Hisashi Ozawa
    • Organizer
      First Virtual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Aldous Huxley and E. M. Forster2021

    • Author(s)
      Hisashi Ozawa
    • Organizer
      Seventh International Aldous Huxley Symposium
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Motherhood and Reproduction in the Dystopian Future2021

    • Author(s)
      Hisashi Ozawa
    • Organizer
      12th Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in the Fantastic
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Mother and Son in "Dystopia"2021

    • Author(s)
      Hisashi Ozawa
    • Organizer
      Science Fiction Research Association Annual Conference 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Buddhism, Pacifism and Ecology in Aldous Huxley's Later Vision of Utopia2019

    • Author(s)
      Hisashi Ozawa
    • Organizer
      20th International Conference of the Utopian Studies Society, Europe
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] Special Edition of Babel Transverses - Aldous Huxley(正式タイトル未定)2024

    • Author(s)
      Alice Cheylan, Alain Morello, Hisashi Ozawa, et al.
    • Publisher
      Effigi
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Orientalism and Reverse Orientalism in Literature and Film: Beyond East and West2021

    • Author(s)
      Sharmani Patricia Gabriel, Bernard Wilson, Hisashi Ozawa, et al.
    • Total Pages
      17
    • Publisher
      Routledge
    • ISBN
      9780367615222
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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