| Position | Associate Professor |
|---|---|
| Faculty | English Language and Literature |
| Graduate School | English Language and Literature |
| Department | English Language and Literature |
Career
| June 2004: | Ph.D in English, State University of New York at Buffalo |
| April 2010: | Appointed to the Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
Research Areas
American Literature
1) Research on William Faulkner
A comprehensive study of the novels of William Faulkner, one of the leading authors of 20th-century American literature, focusing on their artistic, historical, and cultural aspects.
2) Research on American Modernist Novels
Suwabe conducts extensive research on the characteristics of American fiction written between World Wars I and II, including works by authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald.
3) Research on American Noir Novels
Suwabe studies noir novels, a literary genre that emerged in the United States in the 1930s (e.g., works by Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler), paying particular attention to its transformation after World War II.
4) Research on Contemporary American Fiction
Suwabe examines contemporary American fiction from the post-World War II period (e.g., works by Kurt Vonnegut), with a focus on differences between the Cold War and post-Cold War periods.
