Political Studies of 20th-21st Century American Drama: 1900 to Post-9/11

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520284
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: KISHI MASAYUKI 大阪大学, 言語文化研究科(言語社会専攻、日本語・日本文化専攻), 教授 (30195226)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 20-21世紀アメリカ演劇の政治学 / 劇作の政治学 / アメリカニズム / 人種 / ジェンダー / クイア / 帝国主義 / 戦争

Outline of Final Research Achievements

My research has considered the worldwide influence of Americanism since the turn of the 20th century and has addressed the “Politics” (political conscious/unconscious, political ideology and activism) of 20th-21st century American drama in its rivalry and complicity with the dominant paradigm of American society. Thus, on the basis of the orientation of “American Studies of/through American Drama,” my studies have elucidated the “Politics” of American drama in this period from a sociocultural perspective, centering on race, gender, queerness, imperialism, capitalism, war, disaster and the Other, as well as the “politics of playwriting” of those playwrights who practice drama politics in their works. A series of articles and co-authored books have been published.

Free Research Field

人文学