2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on language theories in eighteenth-century France : Rousseau and his contemporaries
Project/Area Number |
24520349
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
European literature (English literature excluded)
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Research Institution | Kyoto University |
Principal Investigator |
Masada Makoto 京都大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (10238909)
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Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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Keywords | ルソー / 言語論 / 18世紀 / 音楽論 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study treats with language theories in eighteenth-century France and puts stress on the philosophical context of these theories, especially about Jean-Jacques Rousseau. While many of the contemporary thinkers considered gestures and animal screams as the origin of language, Rousseau argued that human voice is the expression of moral sentiment and is the origin of language and music. And while contemporary thinkers aimed at enlightening people by improving scientific language, Rousseau pursuit language likely to communicate moral sentiment.
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Free Research Field |
フランス文学
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