On European Comics Adaptation of Literary Classics

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K00429
• 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: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Morita Naoko 東北大学, 情報科学研究科, 准教授 (40295118)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 古典 / バンド・デシネ / 漫画 / アダプテーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The classics of world literature have been widely disseminated through translations and adaptations in addition to being read in their original texts. The cartoon versions of literary masterpieces that were “invented” in the United States in the 1940s and spread throughout the world were often viewed negatively by literary scholars and educators, but since the 1970s, creative adaptations based on new interpretations have also been seen. This study examines the unique tensions and affinities between literature and comics, which are basically “reading materials,” how comics have either demonstrated or sacrificed their uniqueness as a medium in the European comic adaptation of literature, and how this relates to the position of comics in society.

Free Research Field

フランス文学、比較文学、表象文化論

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

世界文学の学習漫画から、古典の読み直し・再解釈を促す作品、自由なアダプテーションまで、文学と漫画の関係の多様性と、それぞれで発揮される漫画メディアの機能（エスニック表象など）を確認した。スイス、フランスの研究者との対話を通じて、文化圏、親しんでいる漫画の系統、書字方向等によって漫画の読み方が異なるという、比較文化・認知科学的な側面の重要性を確認した。また、古典の受容の様式として漫画というメディアを考察するため、漫画におけるデジタル化の進展に伴うインターフェースやコマ概念の変容をふまえた課題設定の必要性について確認した。