A Study on the English literary studies in the frontier areas of Japan (Okinawa and Hokkaido)

这个研究项目带来了两个结果。第一个是关于出生在北海道的英语教师玉井武史，他在20世纪50年代试图撰写一部独特的北海道英语研究历史，事实上，这部历史永远无法超越“中心”和“外围”的逻辑，这种逻辑既支配着玉井的历史，也支配着东京的历史。除了田井，这个项目还可以帮助我们了解另一位出生于北海道的美国文学老师清水晴夫（Haruo Shimizu），他在经历了广岛原子弹爆炸之后，研究了惠特曼（Walt Whitman），从未被中心/外围逻辑所支配。第二个是关于冲绳（琉球大学）的英美文学学者——前“敌人”的文学——在1945年之后所经历的痛苦。

This research project has brought about two results. The first one is concerned about Takeshi Tamai, a Hokkaido-born teacher of English who, during 1950's, attempted to write a unique history of English studies in Hokkaido that, in fact, could never go beyond the logic of "center" and "periphery", the logic that ruled both Tamai's history and its Tokyo counterpart. In addition to Tamai, this project could shed light on Haruo Shimizu, another Hokkaido-born teacher of American literature, who, after experienced the atomic blast in Hiroshima, has studied Walt Whitman and has never been ruled by the center / periphery logic.The second one is concerned about the agonies that Okinawan (Ryukyu University) scholars of English and American literature -- the literature of the former "enemies" -- have experienced after 1945.