2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Cultural Study on the History of Popular Romance Novels in the United States
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21520246
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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 | Aichi University of Education |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 米文学 / 大衆文学 |
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| Research Abstract |
As a result of this study on popular romance novels, papers on the following topics were published :(1)" Everything Begins with Romance : The History of Harlequin Romance," which explains how this Canadian popular romance series known as" Harlequin Romance" was established and how it acquired a large readership in the United States ;(2)" Romancing the Vampire : An Essay on Stephenie Meyer' s twilight," in which the subject of the" vampire romance boom" in 1990s America is explored ;(3)" The Age of The Sheik," which analyzes the popularity of the so-called" Captivity Romances" in the UK in the 1920s.
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