| Project/Area Number |
25580062
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Prefectural University of Kumamoto |
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Principal Investigator |
Namba Miwako 熊本県立大学, 文学部, 准教授 (50336971)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MORIMOTO Soyoko 東海学園大学, 人文学部, 教授 (70191046)
KOMATSU Hisae 追手門学院大学, 教養学部, 講師 (80552306)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
Enokizono Tetsuya 中京大学, 国際英語学部, 教授 (50290771)
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| Research Collaborator |
Matsukizono Hisako
Sekiguchi Mari
Daikuhara Aya
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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| Keywords | インド / 英語文学 / コマーシャル・フィクション / インド英語文学 / 英語圏文学 / インド英語 / インド文学 / 新中間層 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Contemporary English Literature in India has not been only for cultural elite, but it spread around so-called new middle class people. English has been one of Indian languages for literature. It is proved by the market of Entertainment or Commercial fictions are expanding. After 2000, there are many works in English that illustrate the actual mentality of the young generations. They are enlisted in bestselling lists and some of them are called social phenomena, while critics deal with them as not literary arts. But It is the result of historical accumulation of English literature in India, and broaden market of fictions will be fertile field.
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