2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An Analysis of the Representation of Music in the Fin-de-Siecle Novel
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20720078
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Kitasato University |
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Principal Investigator |
YOSHIDA Akemi Kitasato University, 一般教育部, 講師 (30406889)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 世紀末 / ジェンダー / 新しい女 |
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| Research Abstract |
By analyzing the functions and the symbolical meanings of musical motifs that appear in novels written in English around the turn of the nineteenth century, I have explored, how, in the fin-de-siecle period, when people had an awareness that they are going through social and cultural transition, the idea of music was resorted to, and exploited, in the creation of new, innovative prosaic styles for expressing unconventional feelings, emotions and subjectivity of this era.
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