2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Displacement, Community, Family: New Approaches to Faulkner's Texts in the 21^<st> Century
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22520257
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Nagoya City University |
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Principal Investigator |
TANAKA Takako 名古屋市立大学, 大学院・人間文化研究科, 教授 (70197440)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 英米文学 / 文学論 / フォークナー / 移動 / 定住 / 家族 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study starts with the recognition that William Faulkner not only created the Yoknapatawpha Saga based on his hometown in the American South, but he realized the importance of the nomads and the minorities who constantly moved in andout of community. The study demonstrates that Faulkner examines the struggle between the community and the nomads, and that he goes so far as to decompose the traditional family. With the help of border-crossing theory, the study shows that Faulkner proposes a new type of nomadic family that consists of non-blood-related members so as to challenge the patriarchal society .
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