2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Travel Literature and Its Historical Background in the Romantic Period: Changing Consciousnesses of Nation and National Identity in Britain
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20320044
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | The Open University of Japan |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OISHI Kazuyoshi 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 准教授 (50348380)
KASAHARA Yorimichi 明星大学, 教育学部, 教授 (00194712)
SUZUKI Masashi 宮城学院女子大学, 学芸学部, 教授 (50091195)
SUZUKI Mitsuko 東北大学, 国際文化研究科, 教授 (60073318)
ISHIHATA Naoki 東北大学, 国際文化研究科, 教授 (30125497)
ALVEY-MIYAMOTO Nahoko 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 教授 (20313174)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2012
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| Keywords | 旅行記 / ロマン主義 / 異文化間交渉 / オリエンタリズム / 国民意識 / 国家意識 / 多文化主義 / 帝国主義 |
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| Research Abstract |
The research has illuminated the changing consciousness about national identity as it emerges in travel accounts at the time when Britain began to expand its maritime hegemony over the world. Seven researchers collaborated to examine different genres and types of travel narratives and discourses on ‘other’ cultures to illustrate the way in which literature reflects the destabilised sense of British identity through encounters with the cultural ‘Other.’ During the five-year research, we invited foreign scholars and hosted several international symposiums and conferences, while publishing numerous articles in journals and books. As a whole, it proved to be a successful and productive project.
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