2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
"Ghost Stories"in Asian American Literature: from the Perspectives of Ethnicity, Gender and Post-colonialism
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23520335
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOBAYASHI Fukuko 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (00063751)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HIRAISHI Taeko 共立女子大学, 国際学部, 教授 (80060705)
KAWARASAKI Yasuko 岐阜聖徳学園大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (80341808)
OKAJIMA Kei 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 助手 (10710569)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | アジア系アメリカ文学 / 幽霊物語 / 西洋文学 / 死生観 / トラウマ / 記憶 / 民族的過去 / 歴史認識 |
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| Research Abstract |
This project aims at exploring the significance of the "ghost stories" in today's Asian American literary texts vis-a-vis their historical backgrounds. As a result, we have come to obtain the following insights. 1)Contrary to the general tendency of the Western "ghost narratives" that deal with "ghosts" as mere monsters, Asian(American) literary texts tend to portray them more as humane beings--the fact that obviously reflect the general Asian world-view that does not draw a clear-cut line between the living and the dead, this world and the world after death. 2)Many of the "ghost narratives" in today's Asian American literary texts are the reflections of such traumatic memories as wars and violent disputes, which occurred in a large part of Asia throuout the 20th century. 3) They are significant in that they have the power to change historical consciousnessesof the readers.
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Research Products
(12 results)
