2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Reconstruction of images of death which were represented in modern Japanese literature and film in comparison with the West

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23652055
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Japanese literature
Research Institution	Otsuma Women's University Junior College Division
Principal Investigator	KIDONO Tomoyuki 大妻女子大学短期大学部, 国文科, 准教授 (00341925)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	日本近代文学 / 映画 / 死生学 / 表象
Research Abstract	The aim of our research was to clarify how death has been represented in modern Japanese literature and film in comparison with the West. Indeed, death is a transcendental phenomenon. Strictly speaking, no one can think about it or even represent it. But there were many attempts to capture the true image of death in modern Japanese literature and film. Our research added how to analyze such images of death to thanatology as an interdisciplinary study.

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