2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Research on the Making and Reception of Literary Writers in the Japanese American and White Communities

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19520238
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	ヨーロッパ語系文学
Research Institution	Naruto University of Education
Principal Investigator	MAEDA Kazuhira Naruto University of Education, 大学院・学校教育研究科, 教授 (50157129)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	米文学 / コミュニティ研究 / 日系アメリカ人 / ヘミングウェイ / シアトル / オークパーク
Research Abstract	I did research at the old Japantown in Seattle, Washington to recover the history and geography of the town lost in the post-war history. By the research I could materialize the historical and geographical background of the Japanese American literary works set in the Japantown. I did another research in Oak Park, Illinois, Ernest Hemingway's hometown, to have clear understanding of the town's so far scarcely known history. I have succeeded, through the research, in revising the Hemingway's misunderstood origins and uncovering the discord between Hemingway and his hometown.

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