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A Study Concerning the Archiving and Editing Process of Kafka's Manuscripts: An Attempt at Interpretation of Kafka's Works as Dynamic "Writing"

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24652069
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field European literature (English literature excluded)
Research InstitutionSaitama University

Principal Investigator

MYOJO Kiyoko  埼玉大学, 教養学部, 教授 (90312909)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
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: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywordsドイツ文学 / カフカ / 文献学 / アーカイブ / 資料 / 編集
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The hypothesis tested by this project is that Kafka's novels are to be read not as static “work” but as dynamic “writing”. In other words, his creation of texts can only be understood deeply by illuminating the network of his whole writings. As an important step for the practice of interpreting his literature based on this supposition, the initial aim of this project was an attempt at a virtual restoration of the original order of the Kafka's manuscripts. After a practical investigation of the archive in the Bodlean Library at Oxford, however, it became clear that the realization of the idea was impossible, because of various lack of records regarding the archiving process of the documents. I therefore changed the orientation of the research and studied the possibilities of new interpretations of Kafka's creative texts by reading them in connection with his private writings, in order to confirm the above hypothesis. The study was successful and I have published a book as a result.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2014 2012

All Journal Article (2 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] カフカ研究の憂鬱2012

    • Author(s)
      明星 聖子
    • Journal Title

      貴重書の挿絵とパラテクスト (慶應義塾大学出版会)

      Pages: 3-29

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 境界線の探究―カフカの編集と翻訳をめぐって2012

    • Author(s)
      明星 聖子
    • Journal Title

      文学

      Volume: 13 Pages: 112-126

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 『カフカらしくないカフカ』2014

    • Author(s)
      明星聖子
    • Total Pages
      277
    • Publisher
      慶應義塾大学出版会
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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