2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
James Joyce and the Flagellants: A Cultural-Historical Examination of Pain in Literature
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20K12965
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02030:English literature and literature in the English language-related
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University (2022-2023)
Nippon Institute of Technology (2020-2021) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | ジェイムズ・ジョイス / 痛み / 鞭打ち / 動物 / ヴィクトリア朝 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research project investigated the depiction of pain in three major novels by James Joyce (1882-1941), with a specific focus on the recurring themes of "flagellation" and "flagellants." Amidst the growing interest in pain studies from the 1980s to the 2020s, this project aimed to historicize the portrayed pain in the literary works within the cultural context of the 19th and early 20th centuries and to shed light on the evolving meanings and significance of flagellation across Joyce's works. The main achievements of this research were published in a chapter of a collection of essays, "Joyce’s Challenge: How to Get Hooked on Ulysses" (Genso-sha, 2022), and in the article "'Ulysses and Flagellants: Pain and the Sinful Kindness of Leopold Bloom" (2023) in an academic journal. A part of the research outcomes was also shared and presented through oral presentations and online events within and beyond academia.
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| Free Research Field |
イギリス・アイルランド文学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究課題の学術的意義は、（1）「痛み」という言語化に抵抗する主観的経験を言葉で描こうとする文学テクストを考察する方法を具体的に提示したこと、（2）家庭や学校、監獄や軍隊、植民地、その他公共の場所で人間や動物に対して制御や懲罰を目的に行われてきた鞭打ち行為が英国・アイルランドにおける制度的宿痾として人々の心性や言動に刷り込まれるなかで、その痛みの経験が文学テクストの言葉に刻印されていることを示した点にある。社会的意義としては、個人の分断と絶縁が進む社会のなかで、現実的な「痛み」にまつわる諸問題と密接に関連した文学テクストの解釈と専門知をアカデミア外で発信・共有する方法を案出したことにある。
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