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"Just Violence" and Literary Imagination: A Critical Contemplation on Informal Power in Modern America
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- NITTA Keiko
- Principal Investigator
- 立教大学
About This Project
- Japan Grant Number
- JP26370338 (JGN)
- Funding Program
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- Funding Organization
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Kakenhi Information
- Project/Area Number
- 26370338
- Research Category
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
- Allocation Type
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- Multi-year Fund
- Review Section / Research Field
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- Humanities and Social Sciences > Humanities > Literature > Literature in English
- Research Institution
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- Rikkyo University
- Project Period (FY)
- 2014-04-01 〜 2018-03-31
- Project Status
- Completed
- Budget Amount*help
- 4,550,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 3,500,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 1,050,000 Yen)
Research Abstract
This study has investigated a specifically problematized set of violences in the U.S. literary and cultural products released between 1850 and 1970: one categorized as "just violence" or "righteous violence." By analyzing attitudes of authors who variously contoured the particular sort of violence, the present study has eventually attempted to locate the ethical and practical values of literary works. While abundant researchers have critically observed the frequency and commonplaceness of violence in the U.S. history, some of them have authenticated the specific acts of violence justified or even glamorized in certain contexts, as well as Americans' exceptional ability to persuade themselves of their national virtue regardless of the voluminous record of their violence. Building upon this vein of criticism, I have focused on 1) vigilantism, 2) lynching, 3) vengeance, and 4) duel as American authors' literary motifs.
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1040282257270641536
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- KAKEN