2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Literature as a Means of Social Movement : HIV/AIDS in African Literature
| Project/Area Number |
18520269
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literatures/Literary theories in other countries and areas
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
OIKE Machiko Hiroshima University, 大学院・総合科学研究科, 准教授 (90313395)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2009
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| Keywords | アフリカ文学 / エイズ |
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| Research Abstract |
The present research project has clarified how novels work in a social movement in case of the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa. In campaigns against HIV/AIDS in Africa, various visual and audio narrative arts such as films, the theatre, TV and radio serial dramas are applied. They appeal the senses of the audience, and nurture empathy toward the issue. In contrast, novels critically represent the procedure of individuals internalizing the social discourses of heterosexism. The reader follows the procedure closely but in a detached way, and understands the issue emotionally as well as analytically. Both forms of narratives arts, that is, audio and visual arts and literary arts complement each other to bring the desired social transformation.
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