Analysis of Thailand's representation in Postwar Literature written after the Pacific War

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02250
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Fukuoka University of Education
• Principal Investigator: Kubota Yuko 福岡教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (30262356)
• Research Collaborator: METHASATE Namthip チュラーロンコーン大学, 文学部, 准教授 ; TREERATSAKULCHAI Thanabhorn チェンマイ大学, 人文学部, 講師
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 戦後文学 / タイ国 / 日本近代文学 / 国際情報交換 / 国際研究者交流 / 三島由紀夫

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, in order to analyze how Thai culture is depicted in modern Japanese literature, data at libraries in Japan and Thailand were collected. The historical relationship between Japan and Thailand was examined in diachronic fashion, which revealed the process of construction and distribution related to the depiction of Thailand in works written during the Pacific War, namely, during the period of high economic growth from the 1960s onward and in the age of tourism that started in the 1980s. The findings of this study were presented during Thai-Japanese co-hosted international symposiums, conferences, co-authored publications, and academic journals.

Free Research Field

人文学