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Graduate School Faculty of Arts and Letters Tohoku University

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Professor KUROIWA Taku

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What is "French literature"?

Since my student days, I have primarily researched French verse theatrical texts dating from the 15th century through the first half of the 16th century. While my interest in this magnificent corpus remains, I have also -for some time now- become interested in the reception of medieval French literature in Japan, as well as the French language and literature of West Africa (particularly Ivory Coast). Having developed these various interests, I find myself increasingly unsure of what should be the primary focus of my studies within the academic framework of "French literature" in Japan today—yet, personally, I feel that this is perfectly fine.

  • Research, History
  • Books, papers, etc.
  • Courses
    French Literature (General Lecture); French Literature (Seminar); French Literature (Advanced Seminar); etc.
    Personal History
    Completed DEA program at the Paris-Sorbonne University
    Completed the doctoral program (without a doctoral degree) in French Literature at the Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University
    Received a Ph.D. at Waseda University

    Career:
    Awarded Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
    Research Associate, Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University
    Current position
    Degree
    Ph.D. (Literature)
    Field
    French verse theatrical texts of the 15th and 16th centuries; the reception of medieval French literature in Japan; French language and literature in West Africa.
    Research Subject
    Kakenhi research subject: “The Reception and Representation of the "Middle Ages" by Others; “The Song of Roland” in Japan and Francophone West Africa”, etc.
    Keywords
    French literature, philology, comparative literature, Japanese studies, African literature
    Affiliation
    The Japanese Society of French Language and Literature, The Tohoku University Society of French Language and Literature
    Database of Researchers Information
    https://www.r-info.tohoku.ac.jp/ja/d0332a23b9dee2568f0be836dd1e86e7.html
  • Books
    アレハンドロ・ホドロフスキー，マリアンヌ・コスタ『タロットの宇宙』、伊泉龍一監修、滝本誠解説、国書刊行会、2016（translator）
    Academic Papers
    "Notes sur l'apparition des vers isolés dans les imprimés des textes dramatiques médiévaux: le cas de la deuxième édition Trepperel de Maistre Pierre Pathelin," in Le Moyen ge dans le texte, Paris, Publications de la Sorbonne, 2016, 213-228

    "Les rimes dans la Passion d'Arras et dans le Mystère de la Passion d'Arnoul Gréban: un essai de contribution aux études comparatives," in Sens, Rhétorique et Musique. Études réunies en hommage à Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet, Paris, H. Champion, 2016, 406-419

    「アルヌール・グレバン作『受難の聖史劇』におけるアダムの描写について」、『トラウマと喪を語る文学』、朝日出版社、2014、119-126

    「十五・十六世紀における劇テクストの写本とその使用―アルヌール・グレバン作『受難の聖史劇』H写本（Paris, BnF, fr. 1550）の例―」、『演劇と演劇性』、早稲田大学演劇映像学連携研究拠点、2014、29-44

    "Sotie des Coppieurs et Lardeurs," in Le théâtre français du Moyen ge et de la Renaissance, Eds. Darwin Smith, Gabriella Parussa, Olivier Halévy, Paris, L'avant-scène théâtre, 2014, 339-343

Research

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