Unstable Nationhood in Shakespeare's Plays

• Project/Area Number: 20520226
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: HIROTA Atsuhiko Kyoto University, 文学研究科, 准教授 (40292718)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 英文学 / シェイクスピア / 国民像

Research Abstract

This study analyzed the representations of instability of English identity from the following three aspects, with references to the influence of the advanced Continental cultures and to the political context.
(1) Shakespeare's representations of Circe as threat to English national identity.
(2) Problems of sartorially represented English identity in early modern texts.
(3) The representation of Britain in King Lear in comparison with the Lear accounts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Circes in Ephesus : Civic Affiliations in The Comedy of Errors and Early Modern English Identity (2010)
  • Author(s): Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Journal Title: The Shakespearean International Yearbook vol.10 Pages: 231-255
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Tardy-Apish Nation in a Homespun Kingdom : Sartorial Representations of Unstable English Identity (2010)
  • Author(s): Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Journal Title: Cahiers Elisabethains vol.78 Pages: 1-12
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Circes in Ephesus : Civic Affiliations in The Comedy of Errors and Early Modern English Identity (2010)
  • Author(s): Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Journal Title: The Shakespearean International Yearbook Volume: 10 Pages: 231-255
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Tardy-Apish Nation in a Homespun Kingdom : Sartorial Representations of Unstable English Identity (2010)
  • Author(s): Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Journal Title: Cahiers Elisabethains Volume: 78 Pages: 1-12
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Pacific Shakespeare : An Introduction (2008)
  • Author(s): Tom Bishop, Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Journal Title: Shakespeare Studies (The Shakespeare Society of Japan) vol.48 Pages: 1-5
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Pacific Shakespeare : An Introduction (2008)
  • Author(s): Tom Bishop, Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Journal Title: Shakespeare Studies (Shakespeare Society of Japan) 46 Pages: 1-5
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] King Lear's Balancing Policy : A Baroque Initiative (2011)
  • Author(s): 廣田篤彦
  • Organizer: Symposium : Speaking of Baroque Shakespeare
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学総合文化研究科(The University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy)東京都目黒区
  • Year and Date: 2011-02-21
• [Presentation] King Lear's Balancing Policy : A Baroque Initiative (2011)
  • Author(s): Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Organizer: Symposium : Speaking of Baroque Shakespeare (The University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy)
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学総合文化研究科東京都目黒区
  • Year and Date: 2011-02-21
• [Presentation] ウェールズの魔女たちとフォールスタフ (2010)
  • Author(s): 廣田篤彦
  • Organizer: 第49回日本シェイクスピア学会
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡女学院大学福岡市
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-16
• [Presentation] ウェールズの魔女たちとフォールスタフ (2010)
  • Author(s): 廣田篤彦
  • Organizer: 日本シェイクスピア協会第49回日本シェイクズピア学会
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡女学院大学福岡県福岡市
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-16
• [Presentation] Kingdoms of Tate's Lear and Shakespeare's Lear : A Restoration Reconfiguration of Archipelagic Kingdoms (2010)
  • Author(s): 廣田篤彦
  • Organizer: Shakespearean Configuration : An International Symposium on Shakespearean Forms
  • Place of Presentation: モンペリエ大学フランス
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-29
• [Presentation] Kingdoms of Tate's Lear and Shakespeare's Lear : A Restoration Reconfiguration of Archipelagic Kingdoms (2010)
  • Author(s): Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Organizer: Shakespearean Configuration : An International Symposium on Shakespearean Forms
  • Place of Presentation: University of Montpellierフランス
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-29
• [Presentation] Hybrids and Bastards : the Erosion of the Trojan andGreek Identities in Troilus and Cressida. (2010)
  • Author(s): 廣田篤彦
  • Organizer: The 34th International Shakespeare ConferenceセミナーCatalysts of Cultural Change
  • Place of Presentation: バーミンガム大学シェイクスピア研究所連合王国
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-09
• [Presentation] Hybrids and Bastards : the Erosion of the Trojan and Greek Identities in Troilus and Cressida (2010)
  • Author(s): Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Organizer: 34th International Shakespeare ConferenceセミナーCatalysts of Cultural Change
  • Place of Presentation: The Shakespeare Institute連合王国
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-09
• [Presentation] The Tardy-Apish Nation in the Homespun Kingdom : Sartorial Representations of Unstable English Identity. (2010)
  • Author(s): 廣田篤彦
  • Organizer: IRCLセミナー
  • Place of Presentation: モンペリエ大学フランス
  • Year and Date: 2010-05-07
• [Presentation] The Tardy-Apish Nation in the Homespun Kingdom : Sartorial Representations of Unstable English Identity (2010)
  • Author(s): Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Organizer: IRCLセミナー
  • Place of Presentation: モンペリエ大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-05-07
• [Presentation] The Tardy-Apish Nation in the Homespun Kingdom : Sartorial Representations of Unstable English Identity (2010)
  • Author(s): 廣田篤彦
  • Organizer: 講演
  • Place of Presentation: パリ第三大学フランス
  • Year and Date: 2010-05-04
• [Presentation] The Tardy-Apish Nation in the Homespun Kingdom : Sartorial Representations of Unstable English Identity (2010)
  • Author(s): Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Organizer: Francois Laroque教授主催による講演
  • Place of Presentation: パリ第3大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-05-04
• [Presentation] Circes in Ephesus : Civic Affiliations in The Comedy of Errors and Early Modern English Identity. (2010)
  • Author(s): 廣田篤彦
  • Organizer: 第37回アメリカ・シェイクスピア学会セミナーThe Return of the Early Comedies in Shakespearean Scholarship
  • Place of Presentation: Washington, DCアメリカ合衆国
  • Year and Date: 2010-04-11
• [Presentation] Circes in Ephesus : Civic Affiliations in The Comedy of Errors and Early Modern English Identity (2010)
  • Author(s): Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Organizer: 第37回 アメリカ・シェイクスピア学会セミナーThe Return of the Early Comedies in Shakespearean Scholarship
  • Place of Presentation: The Renaissance Hotel, Washington, D.C.
  • Year and Date: 2010-04-11