Autobiography and court culture of France

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21720113
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: European literature (English literature excluded)
• Research Institution: Shirayuri College
• Principal Investigator: KOSHI Morihiko Shirayuri College, 文学部, 講師 (30509071)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2010
• Keywords: 仏文学

Research Abstract

This study examines the creation process of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's autobiographical discourses and the styles he used to write them, in relation to scandal journalism. The primary materials in the study are 18th century French litigation documents, memoire judiciaire. I read La Vie de Paris sous Louis XV devant les tribunaux at the National Library of France in Paris in the first year and Mon portrait at the Neuchatel Municipal Library, Switzerland in the second year, analyzing the relationships between public opinions and autobiographical discourses.