Research on annotations of Ryukyuan Japanese literature and Development of teaching materials using them

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K02419
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: University of the Ryukyus
• Principal Investigator: Hagino Atsuko 琉球大学, 教育学部, 教授 (90343376)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 琉球和文学 / 琉球漢文 / 擬古文物語 / 高等学校国語科 / 学習指導要領 / 言語文化 / 古典探究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Classics education in Japanese schools (here, we refer to upper secondary schools where many Japanese are exposed to the classics) is currently at a crossroads．From 2022, classics will be taught in the compulsory first-year Japanese language subject “Language and Culture” and the second- and third-year elective subjects “Classics Exploration. The study of classics in these subjects will be based on the academic standards of the new Courses of Study, which aim to acquire and develop “the ability to think, judge, and express” and to foster “the ability to learn and humanity,” rather than the “knowledge and skills” that have been emphasized up to now. Against this background, we have been exploring what kind of learning literature born in the Ryukyu Islands in the early modern period could offer to high school students, and have materialized it mainly through the development of teaching materials.

Free Research Field

日本文学（特に中古散文文学）

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

「研究成果の概要」で述べたように、本研究は今次学習指導要領が示す学力観に基づいた古典の学びにおいて、近世琉球に生まれた文学（研究題目は「和文学」としたが、研究を行うなかで「琉球で書かれた漢文」も含むこととなった）がどのような学びを高校生（特に沖縄県の高校に学ぶ学習者たち）にもたらすかを追究するものである。国際化・ボーダーレス化が進む現今だからこそ、自分が生まれ育った地に根ざす古典文学を学ぶことは、自己肯定的なアイデンティティを育むために必須である。また、和文学にせよ漢文にせよ、近世琉球で生まれたこれらの文学は日本文学の一つの流れとして認められるべきであり、本研究はそれに資するものとなっている。