2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Comparative and Genealogical Study of the Women Contributors' Conflict in British and Japanese Children's Literature
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21520303
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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 | Kansai University (2012)
Tenri University (2009-2011) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Keywords | 英米文学 / 比較文学 / 女性史 |
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| Research Abstract |
Victorian children’s literature gave a significant influence on the development of Japanese children’s literature in Meiji and Taisho periods. There are some common aspects, concerning literary and social circumstances, between British and Japanese women writers, who lead the children’s literature movement. These women writers repeated contributing their works to magazines and papers, tried hard to acquire their own identity and social independence as a writer, and underwent a mental conflict associated with their identity. From the viewpoint of comparative literature and culture in the genealogy of women writers, this study characterizes their challenge to the patriarchal society
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