A Basic Study on Literary Authors' Art Discourses and Experiences abroad in Media in the Post-occupation Period

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13064
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
• Research Institution: Tamagawa University
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI Miho 玉川大学, 文学部, 教授 (40547915)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 文学 / 作家の海外体験 / 西洋文化受容 / 美術 / ポスト占領期 / メディア / トラベルライティング / 批評

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study elucidates the problem of acceptance of Western culture, which changed drastically during the post-occupation period. Focusing on the art discourses of literary authors who experienced abroad and became the source of culture, I investigated, organized, examined, and analyzed the art discourses in the newspapers and magazines in which they were active, as well as their activities, to elucidate the substance of the acceptance of Western culture. Through these activities, I aimed to build a research platform for elucidating the process of postwar cultural formation.

Free Research Field

日本近代文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義・社会的意義については、第一に戦後の作家の海外体験と文学の関係を提示したこと、第二に戦後の新聞・雑誌メディアにおける作家の文化発信という視点を提示したこと、第三に戦後文化生成過程解明の端緒を開いたこと、第四に批評研究の可能性を提示したことにある。