2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Japan-Australia Relationship as Represented in 21st CenturyAustralia Literature with Special Emphasis on Multiculturalism and the Pacific War
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22520269
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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 | Meisei University |
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Principal Investigator |
KATO Megumi 明星大学, 人文学部, 教授 (30247168)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 日豪関係 / オーストラリア文学 / 太平洋戦争 / 多文化主義 / 英語圏文学 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research is based on the researcher’s former topic:representations of Japan and Japanese people in Australian literature. It furtherexplores how the typical descriptions of the Japanese, “unknown other”, in Australianliterary works before the Pacific War have been changed under the influence of warexperiences and Australia’s policy of multiculturalism, thus giving new representations ofthe Japanese in Australian writings in the 21st century. It shows social changes andliterature have reciprocal influence, and that the roles of authors are significant as“cultures-go-between”
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