2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Sense of Beauty and Identity Perceived in British Travel Writings in the 18th and 19th Centuries
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21520275
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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 | Prefectural University of Hiroshima |
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Principal Investigator |
AMANO MIYUKI 県立広島大学, 人間文化学部, 教授 (50258282)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 旅行記 / 美意識 / アイデンティティ / ドロシー・ワーズワス / ヘレン・マライア・ウィリアムズ / チャールズ・ディケンズ / 宮島 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study has attempted to examine the sense of beauty and identity and clarify the following points regarding British travel writings in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: 1) the significance of the writing of Dorothy Wordsworth and Helen Maria Williams, which had not previously been fully evaluated; 2) the characteristics of travel books of Charles Dickens the novelist, and their relation to his and other novels; 3) the characteristics and influence of travel writings by Westerners who visited Japan, particularly Miyajima.
A website was made for publishing the results of this research for students or other scholars to utilize for their own research in this field.
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