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American Literature through Islands: Rethinking Rhetoric of American Isolationism

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370324
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Literature in English
Research InstitutionWayo Women's University

Principal Investigator

Sakuma Mikayo  和洋女子大学, 人文社会科学系, 教授 (00327181)

Research Collaborator Hall David D.  
Kevorkian Martin  
O'neille Bonnie Kerr  
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywordsアメリカン・ルネサンス / 孤立主義 / 島嶼 / メルヴィル / エマソン / ソロー / トランセンデンタリスト / 拡張主義 / 19世紀アメリカ文学 / ハーマン・メルヴィル / 病い / ラルフ・ウォルドー・エマソン / アメリカ / 帝国主義 / ハワイ / コスモポリタニズム / エドガー・アラン・ポー
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Nineteenth-century America marked its expansionism which is manifested in its westward movement. Moreover, the islands in the Pacific Ocean attracted attention in terms of territorial interest outside of the American continent. A plethora of news and reports on the islands in the mid-nineteenth century revealed the tendency toward expansion among American journalists. The nineteenth-century American authors, however, had doubt about American expansionism. My study inquired into the origin of anti-expansionism among American authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville. My research on the tension between such authors and journalism suggests that traditional American isolationism could affect American authors and led their mindset to seek true isolationism and anti-expansionism.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (18 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 2014 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (2 results) Remarks (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] ソローの「市民の反抗」と孤立主義2017

    • Author(s)
      佐久間 みかよ
    • Journal Title

      ヘンリー・ソロー研究論集

      Volume: 43 Pages: 20-32

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ハーンの英文学試論2017

    • Author(s)
      佐久間 みかよ
    • Journal Title

      和洋英文学会誌

      Volume: 51 Pages: 103-113

    • NAID

      40021197625

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Lecture “The Young American” :Transcendentalists and Young America2016

    • Author(s)
      佐久間 みかよ
    • Journal Title

      和洋女子大学紀要 = The journal of Wayo Women's University

      Volume: 56 Pages: 17-27

    • DOI

      10.18909/00001377

    • NAID

      120005732154

    • URL

      http://id.nii.ac.jp/1159/00001377/

    • Year and Date
      2016-03-31
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Rethinking Cultural Awareness toward Nature: Oriental Animals in Herman Melville’s Clarel2015

    • Author(s)
      Mikayo Sakuma
    • Journal Title

      Pacific Coast Philology

      Volume: 1 Pages: 64-81

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Melville and Dickens :Copyright and Adaption2017

    • Author(s)
      Mikayo Sakuma
    • Organizer
      The Eleventh International Melville Society Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] アメリカ国民文学とコピーライト2017

    • Author(s)
      佐久間 みかよ
    • Organizer
      初期アメリカ学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] アメリカン・ルネサンス期作家のキャラクターとコピーライト ―国民性と個性という病い2016

    • Author(s)
      佐久間 みかよ
    • Organizer
      アメリカ文学会九州支部
    • Place of Presentation
      福岡大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-03
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] エマソン言説の"character"が指示する超越する身体性・大陸性2015

    • Author(s)
      佐久間 みかよ
    • Organizer
      2015年度第3回マニフェスト・デスティニーの情動的効果と21世紀的惑星的想像力研究会:エマソンと情動の政治学
    • Place of Presentation
      成蹊大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-26
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Billy Budd in a Global Context: Isolationism between the Aesthetic and the Political2015

    • Author(s)
      Mikayo Sakuma
    • Organizer
      10th International Melville Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      慶應義塾大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-27
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] トランセンデンタリストとアメリカン・スタディーズ2015

    • Author(s)
      佐久間 みかよ
    • Organizer
      日本アメリカ文学会東京支部
    • Place of Presentation
      慶應義塾大学、(東京都港区)
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-28
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Poe and Isolationist Politics2015

    • Author(s)
      Mikayo Sakuma
    • Organizer
      The Fourth International Poe Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Roosevelt Hotel,NYC, New York, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-02-26 – 2015-03-01
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Transcendental Club and American Isolationist Politics2014

    • Author(s)
      Mikayo Sakuma
    • Organizer
      PAMLA
    • Place of Presentation
      Convention Center、Riverside, CA,USA
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-30 – 2014-11-02
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Thoreau in the 21st Century Perspectives from Japan "Emerson's Circles an Publishing"2017

    • Author(s)
      Mikayo Sakuma
    • Total Pages
      274
    • Publisher
      Kinseido
    • ISBN
      9784764711730
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] A Passion for Getting It Right, "Colacurcio,Teacher and Lecturer,” Ed. Carol Bensick2016

    • Author(s)
      Mikayo Sakuma (Carol Bensick,Michael Colacurcio, Eric J. Sundquist and 27 other scholars)
    • Total Pages
      510
    • Publisher
      Peter Lang
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Islands and American Literature

    • URL

      https://www.islands-culture.com

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Islands and American Literature

    • URL

      https://www.islands-culture.com/

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Islands and American Literature

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 島とアメリカ文学ホームページ

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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