Research on Symbolist novels through literary and arts magazines: Perspectives from genre theory and collectivity

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00491
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02040:European literature-related
• Research Institution: Yamagata University
• Principal Investigator: GODA Yosuke 山形大学, 人文社会科学部, 准教授 (20726814)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 象徴主義 / 小雑誌 / 文学集団 / メディア論 / 詩的小説 / ジャンル論 / デカダンス / 自然主義

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Symbolism, the major literary current of the late 19th century in France, has hitherto been understood as a poetry movement. However, it is often forgotten that this movement initially started as an experiment in avant-garde fiction.
This study does not merely examine the novel as a ‘minor’ genre of the Symbolist movement, but takes as its starting point the literary magazines known as ‘small journals’, which were very popular at the time, and clarifies the unique position of the ‘Symbolist novel’ in literary history from the perspectives of media theory and collectivity. Through this work, We redefined the Western late 19th-century avant-garde and clarified how they acquired autonomy in the literary field from a socio-historical and cultural historical perspective.

Free Research Field

ヨーロッパ文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

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