Synthetic Studies on the Representation of Trauma in the 20th Century European Literature

• Project/Area Number: 24652056
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: TSUSHIMA Michiko 筑波大学, 人文社会系, 准教授 (90312785)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HORI Mariko 青山学院大学, 経営学部, 教授 (50190228) ; TAJIRI Yoshiki 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (20251746)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: トラウマ / サミュエル・ベケット / ２０世紀ヨーロッパ文学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We analyzed how trauma is represented in the 20th Century European Literature, from various angles (novels, theatre, thought), focusing on the works of Samuel Beckett. We also invited researchers from other countries and held symposiums on Beckett and the representation of trauma. Through these research activities we could develop the international research network based in Japan. We made preparations for the publication of a collection of essays entitled Samuel Beckett and Trauma in order to publicize the result of this research.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] The ‘Freedom’ of Sartre and Beckett: The Flies versus Eleutheria (2013)
  • Author(s): 堀真理子
  • Journal Title: Samuel Beckett Today / Aujourd’hui Volume: Vol.25 Pages: 59-73
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Beckett’s Struggle with His Traumatic Memories (2013)
  • Author(s): 堀真理子
  • Journal Title: 経済研究 Volume: 第６号 Pages: 1-20
  • NAID: 110009808034
• [Journal Article] アーレントと文学の力 (2013)
  • Author(s): 対馬美千子
  • Journal Title: 『論叢現代語・現代文化』 Volume: Vol.10 Pages: 1-21
  • NAID: 120005246769
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] ‘Filmic Images of the Narrative of Beckett with Particular Emphasis on 'A Piece of Monologue’ (2014)
  • Author(s): 堀 真理子
  • Organizer: International Federation of Theatre Research
  • Place of Presentation: University of Warwick, Coventry (United Kingdom)
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-29
• [Presentation] Trauma and Ordinary Objects in Virginia Woolf and Samuel Beckett (2014)
  • Author(s): 田尻 芳樹
  • Organizer: BAMS (British Association for Modernist Studies) International Conference: Modernism Now!
  • Place of Presentation: Institute of English Studies, Senate House, London (United Kingdom)
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-27
• [Presentation] Beckett's Struggle witgh His Traumatic Memories
  • Author(s): 堀 真理子
  • Organizer: Samuel Beckett Working Group
  • Place of Presentation: University of Southampton（イギリス）
• [Book] The Edinburgh Companion to Samuel Beckett and the Arts (2014)
  • Author(s): S.E. Gontarski編、C. J. Ackerley, David Lloyd, Ulrika Maude, Sam Slote, Paul Stewart, Andrew Gibson, John Pilling, Anthony Uhlmann, Laura Salisbury, Mariko Hori Tanaka, 他２５名
  • Total Pages: 504
  • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press