著者

松本 和也 マツモト カツヤ

出版者

神奈川大学人文学会

雑誌

人文研究 = Studies in humanities (ISSN:02877074)

巻号頁・発行日

no.204, pp.1-33, 2021-12-25

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In this paper, I have attempted to research and analyze the discourse of cultural propaganda during the Pacific War. As there is little previous research on these discourses, I worked on unearthing wartime material. In Chapter Two, I analyzed the discourse on Southern cultural propaganda. As a case study for further analysis, I specifically focused on discourse on the Dutch East Indies before the start of the Pacific War. From the aforementioned examination, I have precipitated the basic structure of cultural propaganda discourse. In Chapter Three, I analyzed the discourse around cultural work starting from after the beginning of the Pacific War and paying particular attention to the keywords of ethnic groups. In the discussion of this section, I followed the trends that this discourse on cultural propaganda will reflect in the ideology of the Pacific War. Finally, I analyzed the discourse surrounding the relationship between literary figures and cultural propaganda at that time. In conclusion, I pointed out that through these discourses, literary figures have contributed to uplifting the war and gained sociality.