Shakespeare and the World of Islam
Project/Area Number |
23520340
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Literature in English
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Research Institution | Doshisha University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-28 – 2016-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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Keywords | シェイクスピア / イスラム / 異教国 / 旅行記 / アイデンティティ / 自己成形 / 他者 / 地中海 / インド |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In the sixteenth century England had difficulty establishing Mediterranean trade routes, chiefly because of the menace to the English, in that region,of powerful Catholic countries. The only way open to Queen Elizabeth was to seek stronger relationships with the Islamic countries of Northern Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. However, new alliances with the peoples of the Ottoman empire (and beyond) inspired fear inside England. The English worried lest their culture suffer from the influence of a world beyond Christendom. A question arises: How were conflicting attitudes toward this new “Other” dramatized by Shakespeare? After studying sixteenth-century and early-seventeenth century travelogues devoted to the Orient, I examined encounters with “the Other,” as portrayed on the Elizabethan stage, and completed a book titled Beyond Christendom: Shakespeare and Travel Narratives of the East.
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Report
(6 results)
Research Products
(9 results)