Formation of the Ealry 20th Century Rich Culture and Scott Fitzgerald Literature

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520274
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: UENISHI Tetsuo 東京工業大学, 外国語研究教育センター, 教授 (90193820)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 金持文化 / 資本主義 / 金持 / 労働 / 階級 / アメリカ文学 / F. Scott Fitzgerald

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study is an essay to explore the self-conscious of the rich class including their views of labor which is one of the essential elements constituting the culture of the United States generally recognized as the champion of capitalism. The project was pursued through analyzing those literary texts appearing from late 19th century to 1920s, during which United States capitalism saw prolonged and rapid growth, which include those of F. Scott Fitzgerald especially centered on, and Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, William Faulkner, and Ernest Hemingway.

Free Research Field

アメリカ文学