Literature and performing arts in Francophone culture

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22720132
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	European literature (English literature excluded)
Research Institution	Meiji Gakuin University
Principal Investigator	ONO Masatsugu 明治学院大学, 文学部, 専任講師 (20431778)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2011
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	ポストコロニアル / フランス語圏文化 / フランス語圏文学 / 舞台芸術 / 比較文学 / フランス文学 / 植民地主義 / 世界文学 / ポストコロニアリズム / 移民問題
Research Abstract	Analyzing two works of a Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula, we show the past colonial-particularly linguistic-domination of the West on colonized people is decisive for their identity formation. Our reading of Le delegrement du monde of a Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf shows that his reflection on the globalization is helpful when we try to understand actual conflicts between the West and the Arab-Islamic World.