A Historical and Theoretical Study of Representations of Pan-Pacific Travels in Modern British and American Literature

• Project/Area Number: 23520313
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University (2012-2014); Osaka Prefecture University (2011)
• Principal Investigator: ARAI Hidenaga 熊本大学, 文学部, 教授 (00212598)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: D・H・ロレンス / 環太平洋 / 旅行表象 / 逃走線 / ジャック・ラカン / スラヴォイ・ジジェク / 現実界 / ジェイムズ・ジョイス / ミシェル・フーコー / エドワード・サイード / ドゥルーズ＝ガタリ / D.H.ロレンス / ポストコロニアル批評 / 小説 / モダニズム / 西方への旅 / 変様態(アフェクト)

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study analyzes mainly the representations of pan-Pacific travels in D. H. Lawrence’s literature. In this analysis, not only post-colonial theories or theories of travel by Edward W. Said or Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari but also structural or post-structural theories by Jacques Lacan and Slavoj Žižek are used.
Furthermore, D. H. Lawrence and his modernist contemporary James Joyce are examined by the comparative method. While this examination is based on their similarities, to grasp also differences in their attitude towards travel makes it possible to bring into relief characteristics of Lawrence’s or other writers’ representations of circum-Pacific region.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 小説の情動論的読解に向けて――D・H・ロレンス「小説と感情」とドゥルーズ＝ガタリ『哲学とは何か』 (2012)
  • Author(s): 新井英永
  • Journal Title: 言語文化学研究 Volume: 7 Pages: 23-37
  • NAID: 120005541130
• [Journal Article] An Encounter with the Real: A Lacanian Motif in "The Dead" by James Joyce and "The Shadow in the Rose Garden" by D. H. Lawrence (2012)
  • Author(s): Hidenaga Arai
  • Journal Title: Joyce & Lawrence: The Modernist Odd Couple (book) Volume: book
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Book] Modernists at Odds: Reconsidering Joyce and Lawrence (2015)
  • Author(s): (共著) Hidenaga Arai, Matthew J. Kochis, Heather L. Lusty, Zack Bowen, Margot Norris, Earl G. Ingersoll, Gerald Doherty, Martin Brick, Louise Kane, Eleni Loukopoulou, Johannes Hendrikus Burgers and Jennifer Mitchell, Enda Duffy, Carl F. Miller
  • Total Pages: 243
  • Publisher: University Press of Florida
• [Book] Literature along the Lines of Flight (2014)
  • Author(s): Hidenaga Arai
  • Total Pages: 162
  • Publisher: Rodopi