2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Study of Modern English Poetry: Larkin, Yeats and Heaney
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11610493
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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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 | KYOTO UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
MIYAUCHI Hiromu Kyoto Univ., Graduate School of Letters, Professor, 文学研究科, 教授 (90047407)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2002
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| Keywords | Larkin / Yeats / Heaney / Style / Modern English Poetry / criticism / rhyme / language |
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| Research Abstract |
My main concern in this project has been the poetry of Philip Larkin, W. B. Yeats and Heaney. I chose some of the major pieces from these poets and investigated their stylistic features to elucidate. the subtle relationship between linguistic form and literary meaning. In particular, I payed special attention to rhyme, since very little study has been made so far on rhyme style, it spite of its important role in poetry. This study resulted in an article, "Rhyme Style: with Examples from Larkin, Yeats and Heaney" (2003). I also illustrated the relationship between form and content it "<Seminar on English Poetry> Philip Larkin, 'The Explosion'" (2002). My discussion here is founded on close reading of the poem. I wrote another article on the same poet, "Philip Larkin : The Ruling Spirit of Postwar English Literature" (2000), which describes Larkin's life and work. I also dealt with W.H. Auden's life and work in "W.H. Auden: Does Poetry Influence History?" (2000). In addition to these articles, I wrote a chapter on W.B. Yeats in a book, For Those Who Study English Poetry (2000) and translated part of Katie Wales's A Dictionary of Stylistics(2000).
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Research Products
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