| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
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)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research project aimed to analyze the author Ibuse Masuji’s expressions of regional specificity (i.e., via the use of local dialects and references to regional sites and customs) in light of the broader social and cultural contexts of Japan and beyond from the 1930s to the 1950s. First, I analyzed the copious editing processes to which Ibuse had subjected his early writings. I found that Ibuse’s expressions of regional character－ which had been lauded for their originality from the time of his literary debut － were the result of a careful blending of modernist and proletariat literary techniques. Next, I investigated the translation of Japanese literary works into foreign languages throughout the 1940s and the 1950s. I discovered that although Ibuse’s descriptions of local customs and his use of vernacular dialects had gathered critical acclaim up to this point, some of the leading translators of the 1950s tended to resist these expressions of regional character.
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