表題番号:2019R-005 日付:2020/03/22
研究課題The Role of Women's Writing in Contemporary Japanese Literature
研究者所属(当時) 資格 氏名
(代表者) 文学学術院 文化構想学部 准教授 由尾 瞳
研究成果概要
This research project aims to highlight the role of women’s writing in contemporary Japanese literature through exploring the themes of empathy, solidarity, and community. Focusing particularly on the works of Kawakami Mieko, from her award-winning novella Chichi to ran to her more recent works, the project explores the role of women’s communities that are imagined, desired, mourned, or recovered in contemporary women’s fiction as a potential source of empowerment for women facing critical issues such as identity and reproduction in Japan today.

Based on this research project, I completed an interview with the author which will be published in the literary journal Wasafiri in June 2020. I also plan to submit an article in August for an edited English-language volume, expected to be published in spring of 2021.