Chinese Nationalism in the early twentieth century; Zhou Zuoren and folklore

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370414
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Chinese literature
• Research Institution: Chuo University
• Principal Investigator: Koyasu Kayoko 中央大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (10377468)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 中国民俗学 / 周作人 / フレイザー / 柳田国男 / 郷土研究 / 江馬修 / 柳宗悦 / 日本民藝運動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we analyzed academic acts of Chinese intellectual Zhou Zuoren who tried to investigate Chinese folklore by accepting Western modern academic methods. We investigated the Chinese folklore studies by Zhou Zuoren who was familiar with the Western modern academic and familiar with Japanese culture, and finally clarified the way and the genealogy of modern academic dissemination in the West, Japan and China. Specifically, through discussions on the source of Zhou Zuoren's folklore studies (A. Lang, Frazer, Yanagita Kunio, Yanagi Muneyoshi), we considered the formation of knowledge in China early in the 20th century from the relationship with nationalism.

Free Research Field

中国文学