2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Representations of the Lower Middle Class and Consumer Culture around the Turn of the Century
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25370331
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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 | Seinan Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
MIYAKE ATSUKO 西南学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (10368970)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 19世紀 / イギリス文化 / イギリス文学 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Semiautobiographical novels by H.G.Wells (1866-1946), especially _Tono-Bungay_, represent four subjects which are crucial in understanding English society at the present time: everyday life of the lower middle class at the turn of the century, their brave efforts to climb up the social ladder, the situation in which the ruined aristocracy was placed and their struggle, and the transformations of English society and people by introducing the tertiary industry.
The research on H.G.Wells' work has been conducted mainly on his science fictions. However, his less focused novels are equally worth for studying in order to understand the essence of English culture.
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| Free Research Field |
英文学
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