2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on the 19th century's National Narratives Pursued by 21st United States Society
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26770113
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Fukui Prefectural University |
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Principal Investigator |
Hamamoto Ryuzo 福井県立大学, 学術教養センター, 講師 (00583311)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | マーク・トウェイン / 自伝 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study is focused on the reason why Autobiography of Mark Twain published in 2010 had got so enormous reputation in this 21st century as to be listed on the top of New York Times' best seller's list. As analyzing more of 400 reviews devoted to the book in Amazon.com, most of the contemporary readers received this book not a book of Mark Twain's personal records but a kind of book which records living history observed by Mark Twain. My study points out the reason of this reception in the way called "autobiographical dictation."
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| Free Research Field |
アメリカ文学
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