2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An Analysis of the Contexts of the Sanitary Reform and of the Mental Science in Dickens's Novels
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23720166
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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 | Gifu National College of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
NONOMURA Sakiko 岐阜工業高等専門学校, 一般科目(人文), 准教授 (30390454)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | ディケンズ / 衛生改革 / 児童精神科学 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, I discussed the social representations in Dickens’s novels from the two perspectives of the sanitary reform and of the mental science in nineteenth-century England. I analyzed two contexts of the sanitary reform and of the mental science and concluded that both of them interact and function in the novels. I investigated various kinds of literature thoroughly, including contemporary medical documents and periodicals, for the purpose of outlining social, political and medical arguments of the day.
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