The formation of the "Orient", "tradition" discourse in the Japanese modernist literature in 1920s

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25770073
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Hirosaki University
• Principal Investigator: NIHEI Masato 弘前大学, 教育学部, 講師 (20547393)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 日本近代文学 / モダニズム / 伝統の創造 / 1920年代

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study surveys the characteristics of literary modernist discourses of “the Orient” and “tradition” in 1920s Japan, and analyzes them in the context of other contemporary arts. Contrary to common belief, one can identify many discourses which value positively “the Orient” and “tradition” in Japanese modernist literature. In this study, I ascertain the details of these discourses through a comprehensive survey of literary magazines and coterie journals, and then examine the contemporary significance and internal logic of each case.

Free Research Field

人文学