2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Social and Cultural Aspects of Banqueting Practices in Renaissance England
Project/Area Number |
21520302
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Literature in English
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Research Institution | Tenri University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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Keywords | イギリス / ルネサンス / 宴会 / 空間 |
Research Abstract |
This research elucidated the social and cultural aspects of banqueting practices in Renaissance England. It examined the impact of banqueting practices on cultural and social activities such as not only poetry and plays but also music, dance, hunting, and cooking. It concluded that the difficulty in understanding banqueting scenes in Shakespearean works and other English Renaissance literature originated from the complexity of a banqueting space in which the line between the public and the private is blurred. Finally it also explored emblematic aspects and postcolonial discourses in banqueting practices which served to constitute the identities of not only the aristocratic patrons but also the new middle-classes in early modern England.
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Research Products
(7 results)