2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Transfiguration of Jacobean Kingship and Mythological Emblems
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19K00456
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02030:English literature and literature in the English language-related
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| Research Institution | Seijo University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | エンブレム / 視覚文化 / 物質文化 / シェイクスピア / ジェームズ一世 / ヘンリー・ピーチャム |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study aimed at clarifying how the kingship of James I were shown with mythological emblems. James was fairly troubled by religious and political instability, and he firmly believed the divine right of kings. To show him as a glorious and dignified king, playwrights such as Shakespeare and emblematists used mythological heros and supernatural creatures. Especially, Henry Peacham handed his emblem manuscript to James and Henry, and his emblems were worth examining. He also published the emblem book, Minerva Britanna (1612). Some of his emblems were used to decorate the ceiling of the long gallery of the Brickling Hall, which builded during the 17th century. We can see emblems are popular among James's courtiers, and how emblematic decoration functions as a support of James's strong kingship.
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| Free Research Field |
初期近代英国の文学、視覚文化
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
研究対象としたエンブレムブックは、ルネサンス期のヨーロッパの文芸作品に、多大な影響を与えたバイメディアルなジャンルである。エンブレムを構成する図像を、添えられたモットーと、図像と直接関係のない謎解きのような詩文から解釈するという視覚を通じて象徴的に意味を読み取るという方法は、広く普及していた。こうした思考を理解することは、王権をどのように表現したかを解明する基盤となるであろう。その点を『初期近代英国のエンブレムブック』において世に問うた。今後、このジャンルがさらに周知され、近代初期の文芸のみならず他の領域の研究に活用されることを期待する。
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