the analysis of the representation of "Watan (Homeland)" in the Modern Middle Eastern Literature

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520393
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literatures/Literary theories in other countries and areas
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Oka Mari 京都大学, 人間・環境学研究科(研究院), 教授 (30315965)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HAYASHI Kayoko 東京外国語大学, 大学院総合国際学研究員, 教授 (30208615) ; FUJIMOTO Yuko 大阪大学, 言語文化研究科, 教授 (40152590) ; KATSUDA Shigeru 大阪大学, 言語文化研究科, 教授 (90252733)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ISHIKAWA Kiyoko 静岡文化芸術大学, 文化政策学部, 教授 (30329528) ; YAMAMOTO Kaoru 東京外国語大学, 世界言語社会教育センター, 助教 (10431967) ; HAMAZAKI Keiko 立教大学, 異文化コミュニケーション学部, 准教授 (00336819)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 中東 / 文学 / 祖国 / 表象

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Organizing Japanese scholars specializing in Arabic, Iranian and Turkish literature, our project focused on the representation of "Watan (Homeland)" in various works of the respective literature, and revealed, through its analysis, the cultural dynamism with which the Middle Eastern societies have evolved around the concept of "Watan" since the beginning of the modern age till the current Arab revolutions in the 21st century through the colonial era in the 20 century, and explored the aspects of the lives and the mentality of people living in the Middle East.

Free Research Field

現代アラブ文学