Transnational Utopia: Cosmopolitanism and Empire in Wartime Japanese-Language Literature

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24K15977
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Review Section	Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
Research Institution	Waseda University
Principal Investigator	PITARCH PAU 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 准教授 (40813837)
Project Period (FY)	2024-04-01 – 2029-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000) Fiscal Year 2028: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000) Fiscal Year 2027: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000) Fiscal Year 2026: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000) Fiscal Year 2025: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000) Fiscal Year 2024: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Keywords	Modern Literature
Outline of Research at the Start	This project will analyze the complex presence of Utopianism in the literature of the early Showa period (1925-1945), focusing on three different sets of texts: 1) Works by authors involved in Taisho-era Aestheticist Utopianism; 2) Works by former proletarian authors that wrote in or about the colonial development efforts in Manchukuo (1932-1945); 3) Works by authors in speculative fiction set in Central Asia.