2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Shakespeare and the World of Islam
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23520340
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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 | Doshisha University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-28 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | シェイクスピア / イスラム / 異教国 / 旅行記 / アイデンティティ / 自己成形 / 他者 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In the sixteenth century England had difficulty establishing Mediterranean trade routes, chiefly because of the menace to the English, in that region,of powerful Catholic countries. The only way open to Queen Elizabeth was to seek stronger relationships with the Islamic countries of Northern Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. However, new alliances with the peoples of the Ottoman empire (and beyond) inspired fear inside England. The English worried lest their culture suffer from the influence of a world beyond Christendom. A question arises: How were conflicting attitudes toward this new “Other” dramatized by Shakespeare? After studying sixteenth-century and early-seventeenth century travelogues devoted to the Orient, I examined encounters with “the Other,” as portrayed on the Elizabethan stage, and completed a book titled Beyond Christendom: Shakespeare and Travel Narratives of the East.
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| Free Research Field |
英米文学・英語圏文学
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