| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The enlightenment-based discourses that were directed towards the masses in the Meiji (1868-1912) and Taisho (1912-1926) periods are still continuing today. In this research, I have focused mainly on the discourses concerning the characteristic differences between the sexes in the patriarchal capitalist society, and demonstrated that they functioned on three levels. The first level concerned the biological differences between men and women and, heavily influenced by the Theory of Evolution, argued for the superiority of men over women. The second level was based upon the first level, and aimed to fixed gender roles in society. The third level was concerned with trying to understand how women think, framed by what may be regarded as a "mistrust of females" paradigm. The third level obviously tended to be mostly adopted as a theme of literature. Thus it can be seen that literature is intimately linked with the structure of society as a whole.
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