2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Takahashi Mushimaro's retelling method - The significance of existence of Densetsuka in Manyoshu
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24520260
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese literature
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| Research Institution | Anan National College of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 日本文学 / 古代文学 / 萬葉集 / 高橋虫麻呂 / 伝説歌 / ラフカディオ・ハーン / 再話文学 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study reveals several distinctive features in the folktale type of Japanese poetry by Takahashi Mushimaro. The first feature is the way how Mushimaro establishes the narrator of the poet. He retells the events in the past while engaging in criticism of the original. This feature is unique to Mushimaro's poetry, which is not seen in the works of other poets. Another characteristic is the way how Mushimaro modifies the original. He doesn't just reproduce the content of the folktale as it was, but changes the contents intentionally. In this point, Mushimaro's retelling method is quite similar to the way Lafcadio Hearn retells old tales of Japan in his work. The current study also clarifies the similarity between those two authors.
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| Free Research Field |
萬葉集研究
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