American Gothic and Contemporary Literary Theory
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20520213
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
KATO Yuji 東京外国語大学, 大学院・総合国際学研究院, 准教授 (60224549)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Keywords | アメリカ文学 / 批評理論 / 比較文学 / ゴシック / メルヴィル / ホーソーン / ポー / ディキンソン / 米文学 / エドガー・アラン・ポー / ハーマン・メルヴィル / ナサニエル・ホーソーン / 歴史 / 精神分析 / アメリカ文化 / フォークナー |
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| Research Abstract |
I discussed and wrote about American Gothic writings and their authors from international perspectives. I spoke and interacted with international scholars at internatiional Herman Melville conference and William Faulkner conference in 2008 ; I sponsored seminars with an American specialist on Nathaniel Hawthorne ; I made presentations at Edgar A. Poe conferences in both Japan and the United States in 2009 and re-examined his significance as the origin of American Gothic ; I participated in Nathaniel Hawthorne conference and Emily Dickinson conference in 2010 and re-examined 19^<th> century American gothic genre ; I cooperated with The Melville Society and published an essay in a collection of essays on Joseph Conrad and Herman Melville in the same year ; I spoke at Herman Melville conference and MLA convention in 2011 and discussed Melville' s significance in contemporary, globalized contexts with foreign scholars
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