- 著者
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井上 理恵
- 出版者
- 日本演劇学会
- 雑誌
- 演劇学論集 日本演劇学会紀要 (ISSN:13482815)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.50, pp.139-142, 2010 (Released:2018-01-12)
This paper questions an inclination, in recent years, towards scientific rather than literary papers in the field of Modern Japanese Theatre (MJT). This may be attributable to the nature of the research: in scientific research the outcome is most important and the process is the path to reach it. In addition, more grants are given for and more money is spent on scientific research. Therefore more scientific papers are presented.I have questioned whether or not research on MJT is valuable. The purpose of research in this field is not to discover something completely unknown, but to re-examine MJT history with a fresh viewpoint. This paper adopts a positive perspective on the value of research in MJT. It is regrettable that neither the art nor the richness of writing is to be found in many of the recent research papers about MJT: many are factual and plain like those in the sciences.Works on MJT by scholars from other fields are also discussed critically. Non-specialists of MJT seem to jump at common knowledge and approach the subject by using the research methods of their own fields. This may be because MJT has comparatively smaller research resources and fewer well-known scholars.