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A Study on the Narrative Structure of the Traditional Japanese Comic Storytelling and Some Characteristics of Conversations in the Osaka Dialect

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10831004
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 談話(ディスコース)
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

ONOE Keisuke  The University of Tokyo, Graduate school of humanity and sociology, Assistant Professor, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 助教授 (90092171)

Project Period (FY) 1998 – 2000
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Keywordsmanzai / rakugo / discourse structures / Osaka dialect / comic storytelling / 会話 / 落語 / 下げ / 談話 / 大阪ことば(大阪方言) / 談話的特徴
Research Abstract

By analyzing the discourse structures observable in a collection of "manzai" and "rakugo" performances, I have come to the following conclusions :
1. A "rakugo" performance has a two-layered structure (i.e., material presentation and empathy development). The two layers not only are condensed into the "sage" part but also permeate the whole text.
2. A "manzai" performance has basically the same discourse structure as this. The material (i.e., what is supposed to be funny) is created by such factors as what the "boke" performer has to say, the view of human nature discernible in his/her remarks, and the way the dialogue develops. It is the "tsukkomi" performer that develops the empathy (i.e., the shared view that the material thus presented is actually hilarious) by saying what he/she says.
3. The long tradition of "manzai" has produced a large number of elaborate patterns for carrying on a dialogue, each being conducive in its own way to efficiently presenting the material as something to be laughed at by everybody present. These patterns fall into the following two major categories : (A) types of conversation that can be observed in our daily lives, and (B) types of conversation that can only occur in the particular genre of art of which "manzai" is a prototypical member.
4. Speakers of the Osaka dialect have a pronounced tendency to make extra efforts to be funny even in daily conversation. In fact, it may not be much of an exaggeration to say that type (B) conversations do occur in everyday life in Osaka.
5. Underlying this tendency is the marked propensity of Osaka people in general to constantly seek something to laugh about. This propensity in turn is based on nine characteristics commonly observable among Osaka people concerning the ways they think and feel and their unique sense of beauty.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All Other

All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] 尾上圭介: "落語の<下げ>の談話論的構造"日本語学. 18巻11号. 4-15 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 尾上圭介ほか2名: "(座談会)大阪のことば,大阪の文化"言語. 29巻1号. 14-38 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 尾上圭介: "大阪ことば学"(創元社)矢部敬一. 210 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 尾上圭介: "大阪ことば学"創元社. 213 (1999)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 尾上圭介: "落語の<下げ>の談話論的構造"日本語学. 18巻10号. 4-15 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 尾上圭介: "大阪ことば学"創元社. 210 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1998-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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