Reconsidering Inter/Nationalism of Japanese Literature in the Process of Decolonization

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K02403
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: HIRATA YUMI 大阪大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (60153326)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 移動文学 / ポストコロニアリズム / 翻訳

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to reconsider modern and contemporary Japanese literature through the knowledge of transdisciplinary studies on mobility: (1) Research and collect literary works from different regions, focusing on the activities that have continued beyond Japanese colonial rule, occupation and war, revolutions, and changes in social systems. Information on the magazines in which the works were published was analyzed by superimposing it with social history research. (2) In addition to individual authors, the editors, publishers, and literary societies were surveyed to reveal various aspects of cultural contacts and human exchanges between regions. (3) Aiming to establish a platform for “literature in motion” research across borders and languages by sharing the materials and the results of the analysis across regions among the researchers, was established.

Free Research Field

日本文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、日本の近代文学がアジア各地や欧米における文化運動との間に結んでいた多元的で双方向的な関係を明らかにした点にある。なかでもアジアでは日本帝国支配下の抵抗的文化運動にとどまらず、独立・解放後の民主化闘争などの運動が日本の作家や文化人との連帯として継続していたように、二項対立的ではない相互関係の複数性は重要な論点である。分断された国際状況の下で噴出するナショナリズムが世界を覆おうとしている現在、境界を越えて移動した作家たちの活動を再検証する社会的意義は大きい。