Historical Studies of literary affaires - boundary area studies that aim to construct a historical theory of polemic and fictional literature

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02381
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: Noro Yasushi 岡山大学, 全学教育・学生支援機構, 准教授 (70468817)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 論争文学 / ジャンセニスム / アンシアン・レジーム / 虚構文学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our study aims to find the value of polemic texts as documents of history. We essayed to discover fictional and historical aspects of the polemic literature. Using the method of analysing fictions and focusing on circulation of printing matters and fonction of media, we also attempted to define the social nature of texts that historical sociology and social history have focused on. So we called our studies boundary area studies. Therefore, he collaborated with researchers in several existing disciplines such as political history, literary history, social history, etc. The results are open to the public in the form of multiple communications made during the research period, international symposiums conducted in the final year, and so on.

Free Research Field

論争文学研究