Male and Female Voice in Sonnet Sequences

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K20006
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
• Research Institution: Kitami Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Aoki Emi 北見工業大学, 工学部, 准教授 (60908151)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-08-30 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: ソネット / 女性の声 / 語り手

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focused on the role of women in sonnets by focusing on the female voice in sonnets written by male poets. Using the voice of Stella in Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella as a clue, this paper clarifies the role of women in the sonnet and the possibility of Stella as a “subject” who takes on the role of Astrophel, the “speaker” of the sonnet, and another “speaker” of the sonnet. During the research period, I published one academic paper.

Free Research Field

英米・英語圏文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

初期近代英文学研究では女性によって執筆された作品への関心が高まると共に、男性詩人の作品内の女性に焦点が当てられることも増えてきた。本研究ではシドニーのソネット連作内に点在する女性の声を探り、それに焦点を当てることでテクストの新たな読みの可能性を示すことができた。