The Study of Representations of War in Twentieth-Century American Drama

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25370302
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Literature in English
Research Institution	Chiba Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator	Aihara Naomi 千葉工業大学, 工学部, 准教授 (50337705)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000) 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: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords	20世紀アメリカ演劇 / アメリカ演劇 / テネシー・ウィリアムズ / リリアン・ヘルマン / 戦争表象 / 演劇と倫理
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This project aims to examine how war was illustrated and represented on the American stage in the 20th century, especially during and after World War II. By paying close attention to the possible influence of war photography and newsreels upon the works mainly of Lillian Hellman and Tennessee Williams, it attempts to not only uncover their efforts to capture the reality and the sufferings of war, in contest with photographic medias of that time, but also to certify the profound rhetoric of peace masterly contrived in their plays, that was able to arouse ethical feelings among the spectators.