A Study of the creative process of Noma Hiroshi's "Seinen-no-Wa" and his theory of the "total novel"

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520231
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Shirayuri College
• Principal Investigator: INOUE Takashi 白百合女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (10251381)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 野間宏 / 戦後文学 / 世界文学 / 三島由紀夫

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Regarding a variety of manuscripts and printed materials of Noma Hiroshi's "Seinen-no-Wa" owned by Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature, I have created the database, in order to simplify their mutual comparison and know handily and minutely the process of repeated revisions offered from the author. That brings to light the fact that Noma gradually elaborated his own technique of expression and succeeded in making the interpretation of his novel richer and deeper.
And I studied Noma's theory of "total novel" in relation to Japan's post-war literature including Shin'ichiro Nakamura's works and Yukio Mishima's works, the popular world literature such as Vargas Llosa's works and the philosophical thought about "totality."　Then I brought the unique value of Noma's literature into daylight.

Free Research Field

日本近代文学