A Study on the Interaction between Literature and Film in German-speaking Countries in the 20th Century

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520353
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: European literature (English literature excluded)
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAMOTO YOSHIKI 大阪大学, 言語文化研究科(研究院), 教授 (90240134)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 独文学 / 映画

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I tried to give a manifold picture of the relations between literature and film in German-speaking countries in the 20th century based on concrete examples. In particular I addressed intensively the case of Thomas Mann in the 1920s, showing that he was involved both officially and privately with the film medium which made rapid progress in the period. I examined this from several viewpoints: Thomas Mann as a moviegoer, as a censor, as a scriptwriter, as an original author, and I examined his position in the "Kino-Debatte" or "movie debate".

Free Research Field

人文学