Ernest Hemingway, the Poet: "Songs" and Japanese sensitivity revealed

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370315
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Shiga University
• Principal Investigator: Manabe Akiko 滋賀大学, 経済学部, 教授 (80283547)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: アーネスト・ヘミングウェイ / エズラ・パウンド / 詩 / うた / 能楽 / 狂言 / アーネスト・フェノロサ / 笑い

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Much of my research has been on Ernest Hemingway as a poet whose value has seldom been acknowledged when compared to his novels. In particular, my interest has been in its unusual song-like quality. I have also examined the Japanese poetic style of his mentor, Ezra Pound. I have published my research as well as given lectures and papers internationally and domestically.
In addition, I have focused my research on the Japanese concepts of Ma and Kuu in Hemingway’s poetry in relation to haiku and sumie drawings, incorporating the lyrical quality of words. By doing so, I have explored the relationship between Japan and the West as expressed in English literature throughout the Modernist era. Finally, I have also studied Ernest Fenollosa’s role to trace the original source of Hemingway’s poetic inspiration. This, in turn, led to further studies on the Irish poet/ dramatist W.B. Yeats and the influence of Japan’s traditional Noh and kyogen plays.

Free Research Field

英米アイルランド文学