A Documentary Study for Reconstructing the Theory of Narrative Literature

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K00305
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
• Research Institution: Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
• Principal Investigator: Miyakoshi Naoto 同志社女子大学, 表象文化学部, 准教授 (50759157)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 鈴木 彰 立教大学, 文学部, 教授 (40287941) ; 南郷 晃子 (中島晃子) 桃山学院大学, 国際教養学部, 准教授 (40709812)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 語り物文芸 / 幸若舞曲 / 米沢藩 / 藩士の文事

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we conducted research focusing on the Kowaka-maiof regional clans with the aim of reconstructing the theory of narrative literature. Specifically, a bibliographic survey and discourse analysis were conducted, focusing on books owned by the Yonezawa clan and its clansmen. In the discourse analysis, we compared and contrasted the cases of the Satsuma and Kaga clans, and attempted to examine the case of the Yonezawa clan. As a result of the research, we were able to report on the Kowaka mai, which had not yet been introduced at academic conferences, and write a paper that includes it as well. We were also able to publish a new theory of narrative literature from the perspective of environmental literature theory.

Free Research Field

日本文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、学会未紹介の近世期の幸若舞曲資料を中心に地域資料に根差した語り物文芸論を執筆し、発信したことにある。近年の語り物文芸論は、諸本の本文比較を中心とした作品論にとどまる傾向があるが、本研究ではそうした研究動向にゆさぶりをかけるべく、地域資料に取り組んだ点に特色がある。社会的な意義としては、ほとんど知られていなかった地域資料の発掘とあわせて地域の図書館において市民の方々と調査と研究成果の一端を共有し、議論することができた点にある。