Postcolonial Formations and Indigenous / Immigrant Literature in Oceania: Environment, Community and Arts

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370415
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in general
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: KOSUGI Sei 大阪大学, 言語文化研究科(言語文化専攻), 准教授 (40324834)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: オセアニア / ポストコロニアル / ニュージーランドの南太平洋系移民 / サモア・タヒチ・マーシャル諸島・キリバス・PNG / オーストラリア / 核文学 / 舞台芸術 / 環境

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project examines the aspects of postcolonial formations in the indigenous and immigrant communities in different countries in Oceania by focusing on the roles of literature, visual arts and theatrical (performing) arts in community formation, the social problems of contemporary society such as terrorism and the formation of environmental discourses. This study tries to reconfigure postcolonial cultural formation studies beyond the frameworks of regional studies and literary studies, analysing the issues geopolitically from cross-boundary perspective, based on postcolonial theories and command of indigenous languages in Oceania. This research explores the art works and literature which criticise the colonial and postcolonial situation at the era of globalisation and discusses the environmental literature about nuclear testing conducted in the Pacific during the cold war in context of Japanese contemporary arts which deal with nuclear issues concerning nuclear power plants.

Free Research Field

人文学、ポストコロニアル研究、オセアニア研究、英語圏を中心とする現代文学、先住民言語文化研究