Cultural analysis on ecological problems in the post British Empire

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370316
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Yamada Yuzo 大阪大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (10273715)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 小杉 世 大阪大学, 言語文化研究科(言語文化専攻), 准教授 (40324834)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 共同体と言語 / ルポルタージュ / 核実験と環境 / 被爆者の語り

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Yuzo Yamada and Kosugi Sei were engaged in the following respective fields in the academic years from 2014 to 2017: (1)The modernists' approach to the ecological problems in South Wales and Minamata (Yamada) and (2)Post-industrial societies and literature in the Oceania nation-states.
(1) Yamada examined how reportage and first-person narratives were drawn on for representing the victims of environmental pollution.
(2) Kosugi revealed that the Oceanian people's reactions to the nuclear tests were inscribed not only in their folktale but also Witi Ihimaera's novels about whales.

Free Research Field

英語圏文学