Germanism and the Development of the 19th Century British Novels

• Project/Area Number: 25770105
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: ICHIHASHI Takamichi 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 准教授 (70613397)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); 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: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
• Keywords: イギリス文学・文化 / イギリス小説・演劇 / 18世紀末 / 19世紀前・中期 / ゲルマニズム / ドイツ文学 / イギリス文学 / 演劇 / ドイツ文学・文化 / コツェブー / シェリダン / １９世紀 / ヴィクトリア朝時代 / コッツェブー / 19世紀 / E.T.A.ホフマン / サッカレー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study elucidates how a noticeable trend to reassess German culture in the mid-19th century Britain has influenced the development of the British novels.
This research consists of two stages. The first examines how Thackeray adopted German things and thought into his major novels and played an important role as an usher to German culture for his contrymen. By thickly describing German materials, he not only contributed to the trend but also broadened novels' panorama into Anglo-German perspective.
The second reveals several causes of the underestimation for German literature in the early 19th century Britain, which had created the trend of the reassessment. Although the theatrical scene in the late Georgian period favorably received Kotzebue's plays adapted for the British stage, the local intellectuals bitterly criticized them and the phenomenon. Such criticism, however, was attributed to their limited understandings of the adaptaion process as well as to the plays' problems.

Research Products

• [Book] 『新・阪大英文学会叢書（若手編）』 (2018)
  • Author(s): 市橋孝道 ほか
  • Publisher: 英宝社
• [Book] The German Code in Thackeray's Major Works (2014)
  • Author(s): 市橋孝道
  • Total Pages: 180
  • Publisher: 新潟大学大学院現代社会文化研究科
• [Book] 阪大英文学会叢書７ 移動する英米文学 (2013)
  • Author(s): 石田久, 服部典之, 市橋孝道, 田邊久美子, 中村仁紀, 村井美代子, 麻畠徳子, 片山美穂, 馬渕恵理, 伊藤佳子, 乙黒麻記子, 鈴木元子, 小久保潤子, 関良子, 高橋信隆, 仲渡一美, 阪口瑞穂, 森本道孝
  • Total Pages: 299
  • Publisher: 英宝社