2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Research of the Invention of Scottishness through Scottish Ballad Opera
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23720134
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Takasaki University of Health and Welfare |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUDA Yoshiko 高崎健康福祉大学, 人間発達学部, 講師 (10575103)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | ナショナル・アイデンティティ / スコットランド・バラッド / イギリス帝国化 |
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| Research Abstract |
The research examines a seriese of ballad operas, produced in early 1730's in London, which has Scottish settings, focusing on the Scottish ballads such as "Auld Rob. Morris" or "Tweedside," in Patie and Peggy (1730) by Theophilus Cibber or The Highland Fair (1731) by Joseph Mitchell. It showed that the Scottish ballads operas were produced in the context of Scottish Enlightenment through pro-Jacobite intellecturals in Scotland.
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Research Products
(6 results)
