2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of a foundation for the study of modern Japanese detective fiction: research, preservation, and publication of materials and their use.

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	19H01232
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
Research Institution	Seikei University
Principal Investigator	Hamada Yusuke 成蹊大学, 文学部, 教授 (80238071)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	谷口基茨城大学, 人文社会科学部, 教授 (20634075) 山口直孝二松學舍大學, 文学部, 教授 (30297741) 志賀賢子 (川崎賢子) 立教大学, 文学部, 特定課題研究員 (40628046) 石川巧立教大学, 文学部, 教授 (60253176) 小松史生子金城学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (60350948) 金子明雄立教大学, 文学部, 教授 (70233872)
Project Period (FY)	2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywords	探偵小説 / 江戸川乱歩 / 横溝正史 / 自筆資料 / 復刻
Outline of Final Research Achievements	We reprinted the magazine "Hoseki," which was the flagship of postwar detective fiction, and through commentary and symposiums on the magazine, we examined the detective fiction during the Occupation from the perspectives of translation, media, gender, and other issues. In addition, we made public the autographs of the detective novelist in the form of images or textualization, such as the online version of "Yokomizo Seishi's Former Materials in the Collection," paving the way for the study of the author, including the process of creating his works. The results of this research have been reflected in the editing of complete works such as "The Complete Works of Yumeno Kyusaku," and in cooperation with the Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature's "Shin Seinen" exhibition, the Himeji Museum of Literature's "Yamada Futaro" exhibition, and other exhibitions organized by literary museums. Thereby we presented a new picture of the detective novel genre, authors, and magazines to the public.
Free Research Field	日本近代文学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	多くの人々にとって身近な楽しみである探偵小説は、近現代における人間の思考様式や感受性、人間観や世界観を反映し、たえず更新され続けているジャンルである。本研究はそのことを人文学の知見を通して明らかにするとともに、関連する資料を調査し、保存と公開の方法を探るものである。資料の公開は人文学を超えた多領域の知による活用を呼び、新しい知見は人々の楽しみをより豊かにすることにつながるであろう。