2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Industrial Revolution and Victorian Literature
| Project/Area Number |
25370317
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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 |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Chukyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKEI AKIKO 中京大学, 国際教養学部, 教授 (00403634)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | イギリス文学 / イギリス小説 / イギリス歴史 / イギリス文化 / 産業革命 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this research, focusing on the influence of the Industrial Revolution, the modernization and urbanization in Great Britain from the 1750s to the end of Victorian period are chronologically examined. Thereby starting from Jane Austen, the descriptions and representations of the Industrial Revolution are historically and culturally are studied from manifold viewpoints. In addition, to clarify the significance of the Industrial Revolution internationally, Soseki Natsume’s study in Britain and the extent of Japanese university students’ understanding of the age of the Industrial Revolution
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| Free Research Field |
人文学
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