2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Global circulation of Japanese classical literature: Tracing Hojoki's Western reception
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19K23065
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
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| Research Institution | Ryukoku University (2022)
International Research Center for Japanese Studies (2019-2021) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-08-30 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | 方丈記 / 古典文学の国際受容 / 鴨長明 / 世界文学 / 翻訳論 / 夏目漱石 / 南方熊楠 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This project studied a part of the overseas reception history of the Japanese medieval classic "Hojoki" (1212) with a particular focus on the late 19th and early 20th centuries and investigated how the understanding of overseas readers differed radically from the Japanese traditional readership. It also investigated the way leading modern Japanese intellectuals like Natsume Soseki and Minakata Kumagusu were not only involved but shaped the trajectory of the work's foreign transmission and reception patterns. Part of the research findings of this study has been published as a Japanese monograph titled "Sekai Bungaku Toshite no Hojoki (Repositioning Hojoki as a World Literature" (Kyoto: Hozokan, 2021), and other findings were presented at academic forums and published in national/international academic journals.
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| Free Research Field |
日本文学、比較文学、日本研究
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究では、日本では従来から愛読された古典名作『方丈記』は、早くから海外でも読まれていたことを明確にしつつ、日本の古典文学の国際的な流通の在り方についても考察を行った。海外における『方丈記』の受容は、日本のそれと異なる場合もあり、そうした新しい解釈の背景に言語・文化・権力関係などの要因があったことを確認できた。こうした研究成果は、日本の古典文学のみならず、日本の近現代文学や国際日本研究の分野における議論の展開にも役に立つと言える。なお、文学作品の国際的な流通は、グローバル化された時代における文化の流通とその捉え方を理解する上でも重要である。
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