2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Comparative Study of the Formation of Cultural Identity and the Education of Myths and Folktales in Ireland and Japan
| Project/Area Number |
26370302
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Kansai University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
ARAKI Takako
NAKAMURA Chie
FUKUMOTO Hiro
TAKEMOTO Mariko
MASUDA Hiroka
KODACHI Hidemi
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | アイルランド / 伝承文学教育 / アイデンティティ / 自然環境 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research project is on how Irish people gain an 'Irish identity'from their education, to find out if education of Irish myths, legends, and folktales has a role in the feeling of identity, and aims to propose an educational use of Japanese myths and folktales in the current Japanese school curriculum, as a possible method of growing a cultural identity in children.
Our survey of the use of myths and folktales in the school curriculum was conducted both in Ireland and in Japan, through a questionnaire for school teachers, Irish language teachers, parents, and university students majoring in literature. As a whole, its results seem to indicate a close relationship between the formation of a national or cultural identity and the folklore education, when supported by the appropriate school curriculum and provided with proper folktale books retold for childern.
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| Free Research Field |
人文学
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