"CITY" and "PUBLIC SPHERE" in Literature

本研究的目的有以下两点。第一点是从理论上厘清“城市”与“公共领域”的功能重合。第二点是具体检验理论假设的有效性。这是亚洲、美国和欧洲的现代文学，主要是在调查之际制作的材料。作为理论成果之一，澄清了“城市”和“公共领域”对外来文化意义转换的作用。这种考虑在解释现代城市的计算机化和媒体时也很有说服力。同时也验证了文学媒介的形成和媒介采编权的确立对于公共领域的发展具有历史性的重要意义。另一方面，对亚洲和西方文学作品中公共领域的发展和变化进行了具体的研究。因此，它与区域无关，但城市所产生的公共空间扩大了社会交流，并有助于建立一个现代系统。然而，也可以指出的是，在熟悉的公共领域中，小然而的重新评价也是一种当今趋势。

The purposes of this research are the following two points. The first point is clarifying functional coincidence of a "city" and the "public sphere" theoretically. The second point is examining the validity of the theoretical hypothesis concretely. It is the modern literature of Asia, the United States, and Europe which was mainly made the material on the occasion of the investigation. As one of the theoretical results, the function in which a "city" and the "public sphere" convert the meaning of foreign culture was clarified. This consideration is persuasive also when explaining computerization and media of a present age city. Moreover, it was verified that formation of literature-media and establishment of the editorial rights of media were historically important for development in the public area. On the other hand, concrete research on the development and the change in the public area in the literary work of Asia and the West was also performed. Consequently, it was not concerned with the area, but the public space born to the city expanded social communication, and having contributed to establishment of a modern system became clear. However, it can also be pointed out that the small however reevaluation in the familiar public sphere is also progressing as a present-day tendency.