Japanese Lnguage Literature in Manchuria: Place, Community, Spirit, Ecocriticism

• Project/Area Number: 23K17092
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
• Research Institution: Hirosaki University
• Principal Investigator: Solomon Joshua 弘前大学, 教育推進機構, 講師 (60816007)
• Project Period (FY): 2023-04-01 – 2027-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2023: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
• Keywords: Manchuria / Colonialism / Ecocriticism / Place / Spirit

Outline of Research at the Start

This research examines Japanese-language literature in Manchuria circa 1905-1946 and its complex networks of writers and readers to understand the interaction of canon formation, political discourse, and literary technique; and how themes of nature, disease and illness, and spirit create place.