Immigration, Suburbia, Memory - The Maghrebian literature in French examined through women writers

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K02597
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
• Principal Investigator: Ishikawa Kiyoko 静岡文化芸術大学, 文化政策学部, 名誉教授 (30329528)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 女性 / 移民 / 記憶 / 郊外 / アシア・ジェバール / レイラ・セバール / ヤミナ・ベンギギ / 翻訳

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research analyzes literary and visual works (mainly novels and films) by women writers from Maghreb (North African countries) under the key terms of "immigration," "suburbia," and "memory," and reveals how they share the issues raised by today's postcolonial studies and feminism. We published articles, oral presentations, translations, and book chapters through the works of Assia Djebar, Leila Sebbar, Yamina Benguigui, and others. Focusing on the aspects of the creation of these female artists using French, their former colonizer's language, we confirmed their activities of "crossing borders" such as the inheritance and breakdown of tradition, the recording of individual and collective history, and the construction of new identities, which are seen in their works.

Free Research Field

現代フランス文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年、日本でも注目されるようになったフランス語圏文学をマグレブ地域に特化して考察を深化させた。フランスの旧植民地だったこの地域を出自にもつ、とりわけ女性作家に注目して、その独自性に焦点を当てた。学術的にはポストコロニアル研究、フェミニズム研究の面から貢献できたと自負する。社会的には、日本には馴染みの薄い北アフリカ地域の文化や文学を紹介できた。翻訳による文学作品の紹介は、文学研究の重要な役割である。