Gender Performativity in the Writing of Angela Carter

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520307
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: International Christian University
• Principal Investigator: Ikoma Natsumi 国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 教授 (60365525)
• Research Collaborator: Araki Sozo
• Project Period (FY): 2013-02-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: アンジェラ・カーター / 比較文学 / ジェンダー / アーカイブ / パフォーマティビティ / 日本の影響 / 女性性 / 国際研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research clarified that the gender performativity in the writing of Angela Carter was strongly affected by her two-year stay in Japan. The research was consisted of archival research, translation of a memoir, and comparative literary analyses. The influence of Japan and Japanese culture to her works had not been studied fully, so my research contributed to fill in the gap. The publication of the English translation of the memoir written by Sozo Araki, Carter's ex-boyfriend, attracted much scholarly and general interests even in the UK, and I was interviewed by BBC2. This publication, and other presentations and publication in English, contributed to enrich further the scope of international Carter scholarship.

Free Research Field

英文学、ジェンダー