2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Ezra Pound's Criticism of "Usury" and the American Founding Fathers: "Tallying" with Confucianism and Fascism
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26370314
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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 | Nagoya University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | パウンド / ジェファソン / アダムズ / 符号 / 儒教 / ファシズム |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purposes of this research were to clarify the meanings of Pound’s evaluation of the “American Founding Fathers” in the light of his criticism of “Usury,” and consider his attempt to relate them with Confucianism and Fascism, as well as the change in his compositional style that occurs in his later Cantos, in terms of the concept “the tally” borrowed from Mencius. As a result of the research, it has been shown that Pound’s evaluation of the “Founding Fathers,” especially, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, is linked to his criticism of “Usury,” that it is also related to his praise for Confucianism and Fascism, and that the metaphor of “the tally” can help explain his attempt to relate the “Founding Fathers” with Confucianism and Fascism, as well as the change in the nature of his “Ideogrammic Method” in his later Cantos.
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| Free Research Field |
アメリカ文学
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