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

这个研究项目产生了两个结果。第一部分是关于日本北海道英语教师玉井武史的研究。他在20世纪50年代试图撰写一部独特的北海道英语研究史，但这部历史始终无法超越“中心”与“边缘”的逻辑。除了玉井，这个项目还可以揭示另一位北海道出生的美国文学教师清水春夫，他在经历了广岛的原子弹爆炸后，研究过沃尔特惠特曼，从来没有被中心/边缘逻辑所统治。第二个是关注冲绳的痛苦，（琉球大学）英美文学学者--前“敌人”的文学--经历了1945年以后。

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.