Comparative Studies of Environmental Literature : A New Approach to American and Japanese Writers and Artists in the Cold War Era

• Project/Area Number: 20820040
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Literatures/Literary theories in other countries and areas
• Research Institution: Meiji University
• Principal Investigator: HATOOKA Keita Meiji University, 理工学部, 講師 (90459991)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,289,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,530,000、Indirect Cost: ¥759,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,729,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,330,000、Indirect Cost: ¥399,000)
• Keywords: 英米文学 / 比較文学 / 文学論 / 環境文学 / 日米比較文学 / 環境意識史

Research Abstract

Though Thomas Pynchon and Kenzaburo Oe are major figures in the world literature after WWII, it is rare to examine how their works are sharing the vision of the eco-conscious future. Critiquing writings of the experimental novelists and works of their contemporaries as well, this project has successfully clarified how their works are using their topological, environmental imagination to get the depth.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 日本の森のあいまいな私 (2010)
  • Author(s): 波戸岡景太
  • Journal Title: 水声社『水声通信』 未定(近日刊行決定)
• [Journal Article] 日本の森のあいまいな私
  • Author(s): 波戸岡景太
  • Journal Title: 水声通信 2010(掲載予定)
• [Presentation] 日本の森のあいまいな「私」:大江文学から (2010)
  • Author(s): 波戸岡景太, 宮崎アニメ
  • Organizer: ひぐらしのなく頃に
  • Place of Presentation: 国際シンポジウム、於・立教大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-01-10
• [Presentation] 日本の森のあいまいな「私」:大江文学から、宮崎アニメ、『ひぐらしのなく頃に』まで (2010)
  • Author(s): 波戸岡景太
  • Organizer: 立教大学国際シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 立教大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-01-10
• [Presentation] オープンスペースを誰が歌うのか?ネヴァダのネイチャーライティング (2009)
  • Author(s): 波戸岡景太
  • Organizer: 第43回アメリカ学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 於・津田塾大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-07
• [Presentation] Setting Free the Dogs : Thomas Pynchon' s Environmental Imagination (2008)
  • Author(s): 波戸岡 景太
  • Organizer: The International Conference on Litera ture and Environment
  • Place of Presentation: Central China Normal University (武漢)
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-09
• [Presentation] アメリカン・ラッダイトと西部表象-Against the Dayを中心に後期Pynchonを読む」 (2008)
  • Author(s): 波戸岡 景太
  • Organizer: 第47回日本アメリカ文学会全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 西南学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-11
• [Presentation] Setting Free the Dogs: Thomas Pynchon's Environmental Imagination (2008)
  • Author(s): 波戸岡景太
  • Organizer: The International Conference on Literature and Environment
  • Place of Presentation: 武漢、中国
• [Remarks] ホームページ等
  • URL: http://kaken-hokoku.blogspot.com/
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://kaken-hokoku.blogspot.com/