A Study of the Representation of Japan in Early Modern English Literature: Texts and Contexts

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About This Project

Japan Grant Number
JP26370296 (JGN)
Funding Program
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Funding Organization
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Kakenhi Information

Project/Area Number
26370296
Research Category
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type
  • Multi-year Fund
Review Section / Research Field
  • Humanities and Social Sciences > Humanities > Literature > Literature in English
Research Institution
  • Keio University
  • Tokyo Woman's Christian University
Project Period (FY)
2014-04-01 〜 2020-03-31
Project Status
Completed
Budget Amount*help
4,420,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 3,400,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 1,020,000 Yen)

Research Abstract

In prose fictions, travel writings, and periodicals published in England from late seventeenth century to early eighteenth century, we can find numerous references to Japan, in spite of Japanese government's restriction of commerce and communication with England. In particular, references to Japan in Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" (Part II) and Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" are important in the context of the development of prose fiction and modern English literature. Based on a comprehensive and detailed researches on the representation of Japan at the time, this research funded by JSPS has shown the significance of those representation in the cultural context of England and also clarified the important role those representation in fictions and travel narratives played in the development of English prose fiction and, more widely, of modern English literature.

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