The study on the new method of literary study and education based on the research about the history of readers' circumstances

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520240
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: WADA Atsuhiko 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (90283225)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 読書論 / 出版史 / 日本近代文学 / 蔵書論 / リテラシー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this project is to study the distributions and readers' receptions of books and magazines in modern Japan, and through these studies, clarify the history of readers' circumstances. In addition, the potential of this research method is to be considered and systematically refined in this project. For this aim, I have researched the histories of book distribution in Nagano prefecture and Okinawa prefecture. Not only the researches in Japan, I have also studied the distributions and receptions of Japanese publications in Southeast Asian countries, and produced results particularly in Vietnam and Indonesia. Based on these research experiences, I formed new method of studying readers' history, and published books and papers to indicate the potential of the method.

Free Research Field

日本近代文学