An Investigation into the ‘Stylistic Refinement' of 18th Century British Novels along with its Influence on the Novelists of the Following Century

在2002 - 2004学年，我以“18世纪英国小说的‘风格精炼’及其对后一世纪小说家的影响的调查”为主题，获得了国家科学研究基金(C)(2)。本研究旨在考察18世纪英国文学作品的语言和风格，并探索一些独特的语言特征，这些特征对下一个世纪的小说家的写作技巧产生了很大的影响。第一年，我用电脑辅助研究了感伤主义的语言，比较了理查森的《帕梅拉》和它同时代的作品。第二年，我在日本英国文学学会第56届年会研讨会上做了题为《理查森的《帕梅拉》的语言学分析：以否定表达为特别参考》的报告。我发表了七篇与本研究主题有关的文章，圆满地结束了我三年的研究。

I have received the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)(2) during the academic years from 2002 to 2004 on the theme of "An Investigation into the ‘Stylistic Refinement' of 18th Century British Novels along with its Influence on the Novelists of the Following Century." This study is aimed both to examine the language and style of 18th century British literary works and to explore some characteristic linguistic features which must have greatly influenced the writing techniques of the novelists in the following century. In the first year, I made a computer-assisted investigation into the language of sentimentalism, comparing Richardson's Pamela with its contemporary works. In the second year, I made a presentation, entitled "A Linguistic Analysis of Richardson's Pamela : With Special Reference to Negative Expressions," at the Symposium of the 56th Annual Conference at the Regional Branch of the Chugoku-Shikoku District of the English Literary Society of Japan. I rounded off my three-year research with the publication of seven articles which concern the theme of this study.