Research on poetry of the 1950s centering on the magazines "Shigaku", "Gendai-shi", and "Eureka"

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00357
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
• Research Institution: Bukkyo University
• Principal Investigator: Kato Kunihiko 佛教大学, 文学部, 教授 (30350383)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 宮崎 真素美 愛知県立大学, 日本文化学部, 教授 (50249281) ; 疋田 雅昭 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (70469477)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 日本近代詩 / 日本現代詩 / 戦後詩 / 昭和30年代 / 詩学 / ユリイカ / 現代詩

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted research on the leading poetry magazines of the 1950s: "Shigaku", "Gendai-shi" , and "Eureka". Each of these magazines focused on fostering newcomers. This study clarified that the spread of these magazines throughout Japan encouraged solidarity among local newcomers, and that the concept of a "poetry world" was formed in the process, and that the image of a "poetry world" made poets' society a closed community. The study also revealed how the postwar poets became aware of the direction they were taking as a result of the "literary people's responsibility for the war" controversy led by the magazine media, how there was a focus on poetry drama in the 1950s, and how poetry magazines at the time were troubled by the lack of growth in their circulation. The study also brought to light some facts that have received little attention in previous studies of poetry history.

Free Research Field

日本近現代文学、日本近現代詩

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

従来の研究では、詩人それぞれについて個別に検討されることが大半であった。また、戦後詩の第一世代の研究は多少みられるが、現在も活躍している詩人が含まれる戦後詩の第二世代については本格的な研究をほとんどみることができない。戦後詩の第二世代と彼らを支えた詩雑誌にスポットを当てることで、これまで知られていなかった近現代詩の展開や詩人たちの諸相を明らかにした。
また、雑誌と関わりの深い日本近現代文学の書き手たちの課題や問題意識がメディアによっていかに誘導され、かたちづくられていったかに注目することで、日本近現代文学研究の領域のみならず、外国文学の研究やメディア研究にも応用できる視点を提示した。