2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Globalisation and Transformation of Australian Literature
| Project/Area Number |
23520344
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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 | Ritsumeikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
SATO Wataru 立命館大学, 法学部, 准教授 (30411143)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MINATO Keiji 立命館大学, 理工学部, 非常勤講師 (10598527)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
ICHITANI Tomoko 西南学院大学, 文学部, 准教授 (70466647)
ARIMITSU Yasue 同志社大学, 言語文化教育センター, 教授 (20097075)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | オーストラリア文学 / アイデンティティ / 移民文学 / アボリジニ文学 / 多文化主義 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study has explored contemporary Australian fiction by migrant and indigenous writers. Throughout the study, a shift in the notion of identity was observed, namely, from static one based on biological and/or cultural essentialism, to pluralistic, constructionist one. In addition, subjectivity in recent works has been characteristically reinterpreted as amorphous, one that can be transformed as a result of cultural confrontations and negotiations.
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