2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Historicity of The Beggar's Opera in the Eighteenth-Century England
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21520229
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Otaru University of Commerce |
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Principal Investigator |
YOSHIDA Naoki 小樽商科大学, 言語センター, 教授 (90261396)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | オペラ / 犯罪 / 国民国家 / 小説 / 公共圏 / エロティカ |
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| Research Abstract |
John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728) is one of the most popular ballad operas in the eighteenth century. This work satirizes the notable Whig statesman Robert Walpole and has far-reaching implications for a country's culture in the long eighteenth century. In this research project, I have reread the work from the viewpoint of Benedict Anderson's "imagined community." Through the comparison with many contemporary discourse, I have examined the historicity of this work in forging British nation in the next century.
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