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A Study of the Cultural Self-image of the American South in Southern Literature in the Early 1940s

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24520293
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Literature in English
Research InstitutionKyushu University

Principal Investigator

Kotani Koji  九州大学, 言語文化研究科(研究院), 教授 (40127824)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Keywordsアメリカ文学 / ウィリアム・アレクサンダー・パーシー / ウィリアム・フォークナー / ロバート・ペン・ウォレン / 『護岸の灯火』 / 『村』 / 『ジョン・ブラウン伝』 / 南部文芸復興 / ジェイムズ・エイジ― / 英米文学 / ゾラ・ニール・ハーストン / ラルフ・エリスン / アレン・テイト
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the present study on the cultural self-image of the American South in Southern literature in the early 1940s, I took up mainly three literary works: William Alexander Percy’s Lanterns on the Levee, William Faulkner’s The Hamlet, and Robert Penn Warren's biography of John Brown. I investigated Percy’s mental attitude to the traditional values of the aristocratic segment of Southern society and pointed out the possibility of detecting Percy’s potential inclination for a liberal view of Southern history, despite his accepted reputation as an apologist of the traditional South. My discussion of Faulkner’s The Hamlet, which is not yet complete enough to be published, centers around Ratliff's way of narration and the cultural discourses spread in 1930s. As for Warrn's biography, I discussed his demystification of Brown and his criticism of Ralph Waldo Emerson and the concept of the higher law, which lies behind the mythologized figure of Brown.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 2013 Other

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] W.A. パーシー『護岸の灯火』――引き裂かれた自己と南部貴族の黄昏2016

    • Author(s)
      小谷耕二
    • Journal Title

      英語英文学論叢

      Volume: 66 Pages: 1-13

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Christopher Rieger and Robert W. Hamblin, eds. Faulkner and Warren2016

    • Author(s)
      小谷耕二
    • Journal Title

      フォークナー

      Volume: 18

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 『コネティカット・ヤンキー』のゆくえ2016

    • Author(s)
      小谷耕二
    • Journal Title

      マーク・トウェイン 研究と批評

      Volume: 15

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 『見えない人間』再考――アメリカ文学の伝統とラルフ・エリスンのアメリカ2014

    • Author(s)
      小谷耕二
    • Journal Title

      英語英文学論叢

      Volume: 64 Pages: 1-17

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] モリー・ビーチャムと歴史の書き直し――フォークナー『行け、モーセ』最終章を読む2013

    • Author(s)
      小谷耕二
    • Journal Title

      言語科学

      Volume: 48 Pages: 31-41

    • NAID

      40019595004

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] アレン・テイト『父たち』再考――南部の文化的自画像を読む2013

    • Author(s)
      小谷耕二
    • Journal Title

      英語英文学論叢

      Volume: 63 Pages: 43-65

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ロバート・ペン・ウォレン『天使の群れ』と白人性2015

    • Author(s)
      小谷耕二
    • Organizer
      九州アメリカ文学会
    • Place of Presentation
      鹿児島大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-10
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Robert Penn Warren, Band of Angels と白人性2015

    • Author(s)
      小谷耕二
    • Organizer
      九州アメリカ文学会第61回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      鹿児島大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-10
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] アレン・テイト『父たち』と南部の文化的自画像

    • Author(s)
      小谷耕二
    • Organizer
      九州アメリカ文学会第58回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      熊本大学
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 『ジョン・ブラウンの屍を越えて 南北戦争とその時代』(松本昇/高橋勤/君塚淳一編)2016

    • Author(s)
      小谷耕二
    • Total Pages
      356
    • Publisher
      金星堂
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 九州大学研究者情報

    • URL

      http://hyoka.ofc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/search/details/K000548/index.html

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 九州大学研究者情報

    • URL

      http://hyoka.ofc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/search/details/K000548/research.html

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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