A Study of Songs in Early English Drama

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21520230
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Literature in English
Research Institution	Iwate University
Principal Investigator	SAKAINO Naoki 岩手大学, 教育学部, 教授 (90187005)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords	バラッド / 英国演劇 / シェイクスピア / 挿入歌 / 観客論 / 英米文学 / パロディ
Research Abstract	Songs in early modern plays sometimes can be regarded as a"fingerprint"of the theatrical conditions ; music connects the fictive and real world as commodity. History of music, especially that of variety of consort, suggests that the songs in Shakespeare's As You Like It shows the changing role and function of the Fool, and that the play was held in presence of the Queen. If such is the case, the famous cliche by New Historicism arguing this play with"subversion-containment"model should strongly be challenged.