Anglophone Literatures of the Pacific War in Comparative Perspective

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K12330
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02030:English literature and literature in the English language-related
• Research Institution: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: McKay Daniel Eric 同志社大学, グローバル・スタディーズ研究科, 准教授 (10803744)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: War literature / Combat experience / Trauma / Fiction writing / Apologies / Prisoners-of-war / Hiroshima / Internment

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research project took several forms, but had as its ultimate objective the composition and publication of a monograph on the anglophone literatures of the Pacific War, 1941-1945. To this end, a number of overseas faculty members based at foreign higher education institutions helpfully contributed feedback that led to a number of useful revisions. In addition, I participated in a number of overseas academic conferences, organized by learned societies, that likewise enabled me to make useful revisions to my project.

Finding a book publisher who is willing to take on the project has proven far more challenging that originally anticipated. Although I took tremendous care to craft a book proposal that would pitch the project in an attractive way, most publishers appear uninterested. At the present time, the University of Virginia Press has sent the proposal and a sample chapter for peer review. One of the reviews has come back positive. The other review is pending.

Free Research Field

English literature

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

このプロジェクトは1941年から1945年の太平洋戦争に関する英語圏の文献を評価
して、学者の方々及び世間の皆様のための研究論文を作成することを目標とされ
て行われました。