2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The Paradigm of the War and Representation of the Japanese people and Women in 20th century Russian Culture

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19720079
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Literatures/Literary theories in other countries and areas
Research Institution	Kumamoto University
Principal Investigator	MIZOBUCHI Sonoko Kumamoto University, 文学部, 准教授 (40332861)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	ロシア文化 / 戦争 / 日本人表象 / 女性表象 / 異文化
Research Abstract	This study aimed to reveal the paradigm in which the representation of Japanese people and women (Russian and Japanese) was constructed. This construction is examined within the span of the Russo-Japanese War and the span of the First World War, and at the intersection of the Russian Orientalism and the prevailing gender norms within the Russian media over the time periods of the two respective wars. The examination involved the comparative analysis of several texts from the viewpoint of Russian and Japanese print media. The main finding was that the cultural images each country had of the other, and which were represented in books and magazines, were transformed in travel writings based on contact and practical experiences by novelists, and circulated by the print media.