2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
English drama in the 1580s.
| Project/Area Number |
11410119
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
英語・英米文学
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| Research Institution | Teikyo University (2001-2002)
Chiba University (1999-2000) |
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Principal Investigator |
TAMAIZUMI Yasuo Teikyo University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (80016360)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHINOZAKI Minoru Chiba University, Faculty of Letters, Assistant Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (40170881)
SUMIMOTO Noriko Meisei University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (10247174)
OZAWA Hiroshi Kwansei Gakuin University, School of Humanities, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (70169291)
SHIMIZU Tetsuro Ochanomizu University, Faculty of Letters and Education,As sistant Profe ssor, 文教育学部, 助教授 (60235653)
IDE Arata Ferris University, Faculty of Letters, Assistant Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (30193460)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2002
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| Keywords | watershed in the writer concept / the first public theatre built / acquisition of citizenship / asoiration to courtliness. / birth of popular culture / University Wits / 'mongrel' comedy / preparation for flourishing |
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| Research Abstract |
In the Middle Ages a dramatist is a mouthpiece for the collectively accepted ideal of his society. In the sixteenth century he has gradually become a man with something original to say through the medium of drama. In this respect the 1580s is a watershed. The first public playhouse has already been built, and the Queen's men are to be organized in this decade, which means popular drama's acquisition of so-called citizenship as an entertainment.
As the nation still aspires to courtliess, courtly plays are acceptable to both court and commons. But the inception of printing has enabled popular literature to come into existence. In a decade or two commons will assert themselves even in the entertainment. In that milieu tragedy, tyrant tragedy and victim tragedy alike, suddenly comes into full bloom with the emergence of the University Wits in the late 80s. It must have something to do with the jingoism prevalent in the society. Thus tempora mutantur, but comedy remains old-fashioned because the audience has preference for 'mongrel' romantic drama.
The 1580s in drama is the decade of preparation for the flourishing period of the 90s, involved in various crosscurrents such as new and old concept of a writer, courtly and popular culture, and classical and native dramatic tradition.
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