A Study of Nomura Kodo's literary policy : From the point of view on the Arts and Entertainment section of the Hochi-Press

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20720058
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Japanese literature
Research Institution	Nagoya City University
Principal Investigator	TANIGUCHI Sachiyo Nagoya City University, 大学院・人間文化研究科, 准教授 (50326162)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords	野村胡堂 / 報知新聞 / 新聞小説 / メディア / 文学観
Research Abstract	During the Taisho Era, Nomura Kodo held wide variety of jobs in the Hochi-Press, writing articles, and planning and writing serial stories. He recognized the trend of the literary world and aimed for expansion of writers, improvement in the quality of works, and breaking new ground. He did not accommodate the tastes of the readers, nor did he float along with the flow the times. Backed by tightening competition of the newspaper circulation based on the spread of rotary printing machines, Kodo explored and expanded the possibility of the serial story genre in the Hochi-Press. The clue as to why the novels of Mori Ogai and Akutagawa Runosuke did not appear in Hochi-Press lie in Kodo's literary policy.