World Literature and Literary Education: Theoretical Reconsideration and Practical Education

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26580065
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Literature in general
• Research Institution: Saitama University
• Principal Investigator: NONAKA Susumu 埼玉大学, 人文社会科学研究科, 教授 (60301090)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 世界文学 / 文学教育 / 日本文学 / 旧ソ連諸国

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purposes of this research project were (1) theoretical reconsideration of the notion and method of "World Literature" which has gained a considerable influence in today's literary studies, (2) investigation of possible contributions of this method to the literary education at Japanese universities, and (3) practical education trial in which we made a point of the notion and method of World Literature.
Our results are (1) in order to get concrete results, we have made a thematic specialization in "Japanese Literature in the context of World Literature", in which we held a joint research with some international specialists in Japanese literature. (2) We held a joint lectures where we made a point of the context of World Literature (2 semesters and 1 quarter) at Saitama University.

Free Research Field

文学理論、ロシア文学