Prosperity and Decline in the History of Oral Performances:How can the study of Oral Literature share a foundation in writing History of Media Culture?

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24652170
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology/Folklore
• Research Institution: The University of Kitakyushu
• Principal Investigator: MASAYOSHI Manabe 北九州市立大学, 文学部, 教授 (50346152)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HOSODA Akihiro 帝京大学, 文学部, 准教授 (20412801) ; OKADA Syohei 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 准教授 (20452401) ; UEDA Manabu 早稲田大学, 文学学術院・日本学術振興会, 特別研究員 (80546143)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: メディア / パフォーマンス / 口承文芸 / 文化史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this team research is to explore the ways of how Kosho Bungei Kenkyu (Studies of Oral Literature) can contribute to the History of Media Culture, by focusing on Koto-gei (Oral performances). Defining Oral performances as representations by professional performers, we mainly analyze “prosperity and decline” of those performances, as to examine the relationship with various media. Joruri, Eiga Setsumei, Mandan, Rokyoku and Keibajikkyo were discussed as case studies, and we reached four perspectives as follows: (1)Reconstructing the images of genre including plural genealogy, (2) Analysis of Performers'trend/behavior in the period of beginning and declining, (3) Comparative study of performing programs between different genres, (4) Analysis of the process in which “excellent performance”is to be generated.

Free Research Field

民俗学