2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
National Tales and the Representations of the Orient: Revising the History of 19th-Century British and Irish Literature
| Project/Area Number |
22720100
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Hitotsubashi University |
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Principal Investigator |
YOSHINO Yuri 一橋大学, 大学院・法学研究科, 准教授 (70377050)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | イギリス文学 / アイルランド文学 / 国民小説 / オリエント / 文学史 / ポストコロ ニアル批評 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research explores the representations of the Irish and the Orient in “national tales”, as the cultural other to the English nation. In particular, “auto-exoticism” in terms of characterization and narrative strategies is examined. It is argued that the examples of “auto-exoticism” enable Edgeworth and Owenson, who founded national tales, to vindicate their identity as Anglo-Irish women writers and their cultural location within the United Kingdom. This research also attempts to revise the history of nineteenth-century British and Irish novel, which has put emphasis on realism.
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