Research on French comics and adaptation

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K00418
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02040:European literature-related
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Principal Investigator: FURUNAGA Shinichi 東京都立大学, 人文科学研究科, 准教授 (00706765)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: バンド・デシネ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I focused on investigating the theoretical results regarding French-speaking manga known as bande dessinee, and in particular on the study of manga expression across different media known as adaptation, and endeavored to obtain the necessary literature. I obtained documents in French, English, and Japanese and read them carefully. Examining from an empirical perspective the process by which a format different from Japanese manga (hard cover, full color, page count of 50 pages or less), which is notable for bande dessinee, was created as a "tradition" and how it will be digitized in the future. In addition to predicting the trend of bande dessinee albums,　I wrote a contribution titled “Problems surrounding the standardization of bande dessinee albums” (Masahiro Koyama, Hiroaki Tamagawa, and Ryuta Koike, 13 Lectures on Manga Research, Suiseisha, 2022).

Free Research Field

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

バンド・デシネと呼ばれるフランス語圏のマンガに関わるアダプテーションの研究を通じて、マンガというメディアの特徴や多彩な表現、さらにはこうした特性を活かした前衛的な表現の探求、マンガ表現に関する文化的な差異やフランスの読者や出版の制度の問題について考察を深めることが可能となった。日本のマンガが世界で評価されていることを喜ぶだけでなく、ヨーロッパ各国やカナダやアフリカまでまたがるフランス語圏のマンガの傑作やマンガ文化について知ることは、マンガ学やフランス文学の研究において、今後ますます重要かと思われる。