| Project/Area Number |
24520274
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
UENISHI Tetsuo 東京工業大学, 外国語研究教育センター, 教授 (90193820)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
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| Keywords | 金持文化 / 資本主義 / 金持 / 労働 / 階級 / アメリカ文学 / F. Scott Fitzgerald / William Faulkner / Ernest Hemingway |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study is an essay to explore the self-conscious of the rich class including their views of labor which is one of the essential elements constituting the culture of the United States generally recognized as the champion of capitalism. The project was pursued through analyzing those literary texts appearing from late 19th century to 1920s, during which United States capitalism saw prolonged and rapid growth, which include those of F. Scott Fitzgerald especially centered on, and Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, William Faulkner, and Ernest Hemingway.
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