Study of Post Disaster Literature and the international study networking

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K00529
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02050:Literature in general-related
• Research Institution: Tsuda University
• Principal Investigator: Kimura Saeko 津田塾大学, 学芸学部, 教授 (80433879)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 震災後文学 / 日本文学 / 文学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011 has been considered in various cultural activities, including literature, film, and art. We held an international conference in collaboration with scholars of Japanese literature from around the world who are working on post-disaster literature, and published the results of the conference in a book. Saeko Kimura's book was translated into English by Rachel Dinitto and Doug Slaymaker and published as Post-Disaster Literature in Japan: Revisiting the Literary and Cultural Landscape After the Triple Disasters.

Free Research Field

文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、東日本大震災を受けて書かれた小説、詩などの文学作品を中心として国際的に共同研究を進めてきた。現在では、震災後文学論で修士論文、博士論文に取り組む若手研究者も増えており、当該研究において国際会議を公募で進めていくことが後進の育成にもなっている。震災後、12年が経過しているが、芥川賞に震災後文学が選ばれるなど文学界での影響はなおも続いている。本研究を今後も進めていく必要がある。