2019 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Representations of America in Modern Irish Literature
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19K13107
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| Research Institution | Okayama University |
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Principal Investigator |
Fox BrianThomas 岡山大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 準教授 (50812377)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Irish Studies / Irish Literature / Irish-American History / Atlantic History / Transatlantic Studies |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Research Trip: The John McGahern Archive at the Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway (15 August-1 September) for manuscript analysis and data collection.
Presentation of Research Trip Findings:
-Paper delivered at 日本英文学会中国四国支部第72回支部大会（徳島大学）. Title: ‘Emigration and America in the Short Stories of John McGahern’.
-Article 1: ‘Transatlantic Connections in John McGahern’s The Leavetaking’ (unpublished; Article 1 has been sent out for peer review, but I am unable to confirm publication at the time of writing).
-Article 2: ‘“rejecting, altering, shaping, straining”: Tracing the Genesis of John McGahern’s “Doorways” and “Bank Holiday”’ (unpublished; Article 2 will be ready to send out for peer review in approximately 1-2 months).
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
The most significant delays that have occurred as a result of coronavirus can be broken down into two categories outlined in the grant application: 1) data collection; and 2) analysis, writing up.
1) A 2-week research trip to London and Trieste was planned for June 2020 before the onset of the pandemic. Week 1: research in British Library. Week 2: present findings at the XXVII International James Joyce Symposium hosted by the University of Trieste (scheduled for 15-19 June 2020, subsequently postponed till 2021).
2) Some minor delays to book orders especially have slowed the progress of turning data analysis into peer-reviewed publications.
In terms of the progress of the project overall, the articles and presentations outlined above are in line with my expectations for research output.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
For the period 2020-2021:
- At the time of writing, it is expected that the data-collection research (British Library) and presentation trip (University of Trieste) initially planned for 2020 (see above) will now go ahead in June 2021. The Symposium paper proposal has already been accepted.
- All other travel for the purposes of data collection or presenting findings will be put on hold until the situation allows for safe travel. Intensive primary and secondary research of authors included in this project will be extended during this period.
- Where possible, presentations may be delivered online.
- Funds may be used to access digitized resources, including newspaper holdings, where available. Digitized archives and holdings will also be accessed where available.
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| Causes of Carryover |
The outstanding amount of 8,750円 will be added to the fund for scientific publications in the next fiscal year. There have been no significant changes to the status of grant in the past fiscal year, although some delays in acquiring scientific publications and to planned research trips and presenting research findings have been incurred owing to the coronavirus pandemic (see sections on Current Status and Planning for Future Work for more details).
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