| Position | Professor |
|---|---|
| Faculty | English Language and Literature |
| Graduate School | English Language and Literature |
| Department | English Language and Literature |
Career
| March 1988: | Withdrew from the Doctoral Program in English Language and Literature, Graduate School of Humanities, The University of Tokyo |
| April 1988: | Appointed to the Faculty of Letters and Sciences, Tokyo Woman's Christian University |
| April 1997: | Appointed to the Faculty of Letters, Rikkyo University |
| April 2007: | Appointed to the Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
Research Areas
American Literature
1) Literature of the US South
Investigating the uniqueness of literature of the American South, which has followed a divergent path in American history since its defeat, the demise of the regional ancient regime of slavocracy, in the mid-19th Century Civil War.
2) Post-War Literature
Identifying the basis for the distinctive features of southern American literature in the context of the defeat in the Civil War and thereby comparing it with Japanese belated modern literature including its post-World War II literature, viewing both as literatures based on Wolfgang Schivelbusch’s “Culture of Defeat.”
