Changing Concepts of Contract and Insurance in American Literature

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25770109
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: Shimojo Keiko 九州大学, 言語文化研究科(研究院), 准教授 (30510713)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: アメリカ文学 / 金融思想史 / 経済思想 / 保険思想 / 社会史 / Paul Auster

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Changing concepts of “contract,” one of the most crucial viewpoints in American studies, and shifting images of the U.S. insurance business were the two major themes in this American literature study. To explore it under these themes, I organized a symposium titled “American Literature and Money” (2013), read a paper on the socio-economic differences in two major literary genres: “small town literature” and “road narratives” (2014). I also published an article on the contract-based relationship between the characters and the dead in Paul Auster’s fiction (2016).

Free Research Field

アメリカ文学