| Project/Area Number |
21520299
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Kwansei Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
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| Keywords | 文学 / 家族 / 暴力 / 国家 / ハーマン・メルヴィル / Typee / Moby-Dick / The Encantadas / ロバート・フロスト / Melville / The Confidence-Man / psychiatry / madness / Herman Melville / Omoo / 風景画 / 天地創造 / 自然 |
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| Research Abstract |
This project explored awareness of identity among families and orphans in the formation of modern societies, from the comparative viewpoint of Japanese, American and Caribbean literatures, with special consideration of the collateral issue of public violence. The project's findings, especially the section on American literature, have been published in a range of academic journals and non-specialist publications in Japanese and in English.
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