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2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Representations of "Poverty" "Misery" and "Cruelty" in Modern Literature : Research through Media Discourse

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14510471
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 国文学
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

TAKAHASHI Toshio  Waseda University, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Professor, 文学学術院, 教授 (20236300)

Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2005
Keywordsrepresentation of monsters / tragedy / discrimination / the body / grotesque / horror literature / poverty / misery
Research Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the characteristics and significance of representations of"monsters" in Contemporary and Modern Japanese Literature.
What is a "monster"? "Monsters" are brought about by systems in which monsters are loathed and feared. Monsters themselves cause an impression of monsters as "hideous", "frightening", "offensive","filthy" and "grotesque", but that impression always must be an impression according to "someone". Social systems which incorporate various systems are established through a unique set of recognition systems, values systems, economic systems, political systems, systems of time and space, physical systems, etc., and through this complex combination of diverse systems the designation of"unrecognizable", "strange" or "different" gives rise to monsters with unusual abilities.
Therefore, the study of representations of monsters should reveal the order of acknowledgement to corporeality in the social systems in which monsters emerge. In literature and film where representations of monsters emerge, the order of those social systems is portrayed, and these appearances are also a device used to distort that order in those locales. In other words, while openly revealing the order in which a monster is brought forth, the order which the monster itself brings about leads to a modification of that order. Considering both of these processes through examining the representations of monsters is the purpose of my study of monsters.
The period and subject of this research is the representation of "monsters" in literature which is expressed through "poverty", "misery" and "cruelty" ; while specifically looking at the voluminous representations of "monsters", "misery" and "cruelty" found in the vast body of horror literature which has emerged starting from 1895 (Meiji 28) through the following hundred years until around 1995.

  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All 2006 2005 2004 2003

All Journal Article (12 results) Book (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] 「なかま」の行方-松本清張の「暗黒」小説2006

    • Author(s)
      高橋敏夫
    • Journal Title

      松本清張研究 7

      Pages: 72-83

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 'nakama' no yukue-- Matumoto Seichou no 'Ankoku' shousetu.2006

    • Author(s)
      Toshio, TAKAHASHI
    • Journal Title

      Matumoto Seichou Kenkyuu no.8

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 戦争にあらがう無邪気で残酷なファンタジー2005

    • Author(s)
      高橋敏夫
    • Journal Title

      週刊金曜日 13巻51号

      Pages: 48

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Sensou mi aragau mujakide zankokuna Fantasy.2005

    • Author(s)
      Toshio, TAKAHASHI
    • Journal Title

      Shuukan Kinyoubi vol.13, no.51

      Pages: 48

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 帝国はその内部から崩れ落ちよ2004

    • Author(s)
      高橋敏夫
    • Journal Title

      図書新聞 2689

      Pages: 1-3

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Teikoku ha sononaibu kara kuzureotiyo.2004

    • Author(s)
      Toshio, TAKAHASHI
    • Journal Title

      Tosho Shinbun no.2689

      Pages: 1-3

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 怪物/怪獣2003

    • Author(s)
      高橋敏夫
    • Journal Title

      幻想文学 66号

      Pages: 56-59

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 失われた10年を嗤う-沖縄文学・ホラー小説・時代小説2003

    • Author(s)
      高橋敏夫
    • Journal Title

      図書新聞 2633

      Pages: 1-3

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 方言小説論--岩井志麻子 『ぼっけえ、きょうてえ』をめぐって2003

    • Author(s)
      高橋敏夫
    • Journal Title

      国文学 48巻12

      Pages: 112-117

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Kaibutu/Kaijuu.2003

    • Author(s)
      Toshio, TAKAHASHI
    • Journal Title

      Gensou Bungaku no.66

      Pages: 56-59

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Ushinawareta 10nen wo warau-Okinawa bungaku ・Horror shousetu・Jidai shousetu.2003

    • Author(s)
      Toshio, TAKAHASHI
    • Journal Title

      Tosho Shinbun no.2633

      Pages: 1-3

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Hougenshousetu ron-- Iwai Shimako Bokkee Kyoutee we megutte.2003

    • Author(s)
      Toshio, TAKAHASHI
    • Journal Title

      Kokubungaku vol.48, no.12

      Pages: 86-89

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 人生のことは小説が教えてくれた2004

    • Author(s)
      高橋敏夫
    • Total Pages
      270
    • Publisher
      中経出版
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] Jinsei no koto ha shousetu ga oshiete kureta.2004

    • Author(s)
      Toshio, TAKAHASHI
    • Total Pages
      270
    • Publisher
      Tokyo, Tyuukei Shuppan
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 周五郎流2003

    • Author(s)
      高橋敏夫
    • Total Pages
      222
    • Publisher
      集英社
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] Shuugorou ryuu.2003

    • Author(s)
      Toshio, TAKAHASHI
    • Total Pages
      222
    • Publisher
      Tokyo, Shuueisha
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2007-12-13  

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