Literary Nationalism in Ireland: from the Young Irelanders to the Easter Rising

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520320
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: MIKAMI Hiroko 早稲田大学, 国際学術院, 教授 (20181860)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OIKAWA Kazuo 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (50194056) ; SHIMIZU Shigeo 早稲田大学, 法学学術院, 名誉教授 (00130873)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: アイルランド文学 / ナショナリズム / ヤング・アイルランド / 復活祭蜂起 / ジョイス、ジェイムズ / イェイツ、W. B. / ファーガソン、サミュエル / マーフィー、トム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research focused on a turbulent period of modern Irish history from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century and examined how political and nationalistic movements such as the Young Irelanders’ and the Easter Rising have been represented in poetry, novels, and plays. Eight academic papers both in Japanese and in English were published and 6 papers were also read at international as well as domestic conferences. In the final year, an international symposium was organized and a lively discussion was held.

Free Research Field

英語圏文学