2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Poetic Imagination in Northern Ireland : A Study of Culture, History and Society in the Conflict Area
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20520238
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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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 | Aoyama Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
SATO Toru 青山学院大学, 経営学部, 教授 (40245337)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2012
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| Keywords | 紛争 / 民衆的想像力 / 芸術の役割 / 植民地 / ネイション |
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| Research Abstract |
Studying the culture, history and society of Northern Ireland widely and deeply especially since the partition of Ireland in 1921, I have made analysis and comments on some aspects of poetic imagination of Northern Ireland such as literary works and murals for five years. I have published books and papers: Murals in Northern Irelandand essays on representative poets in Northern Ireland or Ulster (Samuel Ferguson and Louis MacNeice). In addition, I have examined the present situation of the ‘Troubles’through the paper on the problem of the interfaces, flashpoints between Protestant and Catholic communities, in Northern Ireland. I am sure that my study and research focused on Northern Ireland will give many hints to those on the problems of post-colonialism, nationalism, minorities and so on in other conflict areas in the modern world
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