Faculty

French Literature
Enunciative Semantics, Lexical Semantics (French, Japanese)

My research field is lexical semantics in French and Japanese. I am especially interested in unified approaches to polysemous items (verb, adjective, prefix, preposition, case particle) and semantic approaches to discourse markers.

French Literature
Modern Literature and Philosophy

My main research interests are French literature and thought of the 20th century. With reference to the texts of Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and others on Georges Bataille, Maurice Blanchot, Jean-Paul Sartre, and others, I am examining the process by which existentialism is overcome by structuralism and post-structuralism. In recent years, focusing on Jean-Luc Nancy's theory of community in the 1980s, I have been considering the range of Nancy's reading of Bataille and the differences with Blanchot's theory of community.

French Literature
19th-Century French Literature

I'm interested in the 19th-Century French Literature, especially in the works of Stendhal, including fictions, biography, autobiography, travel books, political essays and art criticism. Examining the notion of "honor" that appears through various topics such as ancient Romans, artist’s image, custom of cicisbeo, principals of monarchy, military man etc., I study how the 19th-Century writers transformed the ideals and the themes they inherited from the past.

French Literature
Modern French Literature(Marcel Proust)

My main research topic is the work of Marcel Proust. I am also interested in the comparative study of Proust with André Gide and Paul Bourget on the question of what it means for writers of this time to be read by their readers.

French Literature
French Linguistics

My research interest lies in the semantic-pragmatic interface with special reference to the French language. I'm also interested in rhetoric and translation studies.

French Literature
16th-Century French Literature

I specialize in French Renaissance literature, primarily Michel de Montaigne and Étienne de La Boétie. In my research, I study how writers at the time attempted to express their literary prowess and individuality through imitation from the perspective of rhetoric, one of the predominant frameworks of thought in the 16th century. I am also interested in anachronistic reading as a methodological issue.

French Literature
French Literature of 19th Century

« Surnaturalisme » in the art criticism of Baudelaire and Huysmans

French Literature
French Literature (20th) Cultural Exchange of Japan and France

I study Paul Claudel and the influence of traditional Japanese theater (Noh, Kabuki, etc.) on his synthesis of arts, union of poetry, music and dance, and his opening to spirituality. I am interested in the history of theatrical exchange between Japan and France around Noh.

French Literature
French Literature

Récemment, parmi les question qui m'intéressent, je me suis notamment attaché à m'interroger sur la manière dont dans des œuvres de dramaturges modernes ou contemporains comme Giraudoux ou Koltès l'espace scénique se mue en espace imaginaire et la façon dont ces auteurs intègrent dans leur dramaturgie une réflexion sur le statut de cet《espace imaginaire》, en particulier autour de la question de la fascination.
***
Recently, my attention has been drawn into the work of modern and contemporary playwriters such as Giraudoux or Koltès, in particular reflecting upon how the stage space morphs into an imaginary space as well as how these authors include in their dramaturgic compositions, a reflection on the status of this “imaginary space”, notably focusing on the fascination aspect.

French Literature
Modern and Contemporary French Literature (Jean Genet）

Researching the influence of the unique forms of punishment that emerged in 19th century France, including isolation cells and penal colonies, on modern authors, especially Jean Genet. Other themes include “faits divers”, return, confession, and description.

French Literature