An Analysis on the Representation of 'Children with Disabilities' in the Literature of Stifter and Storm

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H06725
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: Otani University
• Principal Investigator: FUJIWARA Misa 大谷大学, 文学部, 講師 (20760044)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: シュティフター / シュトルム / 詩的リアリズム / ドイツロマン主義 / 子ども / 障がい児 / 障がい

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project has attempted to analyze representations of children with disabilities in nineteenth century Germany and Austria, especially in the writings of Adalbert Stifter (1805-1868) and Theodor Storm (1817-1888). The project has aimed to develop research into new perspectives on the representations of children including contemporary social problems as well as attributes of romantic images of children in German literature. The project hopes that careful consideration of ambiguous aspects of children with disabilities will enhance the complexity of Stifter and Storm's work.

Free Research Field

人文学、ドイツ文学