2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Victorian Zeitgeist and Threats in the Works of Dickens: A Social-Psychological Study
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21K00386
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02030:English literature and literature in the English language-related
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | ヴィクトリア朝 / ディケンズ / 脅迫 / 時代精神 / 社会風潮 / 『骨董屋』 / 社会心理学 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research examines the sociopsychology of apparently groundless threats caused by the exercise of power by authoritative individuals and groups to advocate reason and intelligence in the real world and to force their own happiness and profit as the standard of life. The research data are taken from the works of Dickens, which strongly reflect the Victorian zeitgeist and explicitly or implicitly depict the oppressive power of individuals and groups on the side of authority.
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| Free Research Field |
英文学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
産業革命後の急激なパラダイム・シフトによって生じたヴィクトリア朝の新たな社会風潮の中で従来の脅迫が変質した経緯と理由を明らかにすることによって、グローバル化の急激な進展と国際競争の激化の波にさらされ、ヴィクトリア朝以上に通信量が激増した現代の日本社会――特に高速データ通信のインターネット時代において従来の人間関係を変質させたSNS（会員制交流サイト）の仮想空間――に見られる匿名の悪意を伴った脅迫という喫緊の社会問題の改善に資するデータが得られた。
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