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Special lecture “Modernist art movement and Anglo-American literature in the early 20th century”

Monday, December 2018, 12, 10rd period (3:12-15:13)
University of Tsukuba, Physical Arts Building, Classroom XNUMXCXNUMX
College of Art Specialized Common Subjects “Art Theory A-2”

Lecturer: Eisuke Kawada
Graduated from Columbia University and withdrew from the doctoral course at the Department of English and Literature, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo.She served as an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba (2015-2017), and has been a lecturer in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Kokushikan University since 2018.His areas of expertise are British and American literature, aesthetics and art studies.He is particularly interested in the study of Ernest Hemingway, stylistics, and poetics.His current research topic is ``A systematic study of stylistic aesthetics and realism in Ernest Hemingway's short stories'' (Kaken, Fundamental Research C 2018-2020).

A special lecture that is part of the specialized common subject ``Art Theory A-2'' in the School of Art.In Autumn AB, the class theme is ``Art of 1910,'' and we examine the artistic thought trends of Europe, America, and Japan in the 1910s.Regular classes cover movements in art history and specific authors and works, so I asked for a special lecture to expand the scope of literary history from the 1910s to the 20s, which was not covered in the regular classes.
The special lecture began with a chronology of social trends during the early 20th century, and explained that it was a period of various discoveries and technological innovations.He cites Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche as the ideological foundations, and shows that this was a period of change in values.He then gives an overview of modernist painting, and then discusses the modernism of poetry (Harriet Munro, Robert... Frost, Gertrude Stein, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Mina Loy, etc.), and novel modernism (Ernest Hemingway, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, etc.).Overall, he defined it as an ``era of style'' and ``an era of division and integration.''Through these considerations, I was able to understand that literary works, which express the flow of consciousness as they are, developed while being intricately intertwined with other artistic fields.
This time, there were approximately 30 people in the audience, including participants other than the students.

【Art History】Special lecture by Mr. Eisuke Kawada, Lecturer of the Department of Economics, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Kokushikan University

Special lecture “Modernist art movements and British and American literature at the beginning of the twentieth century”

Monday, December 10, 2018 3^rdperiod (12:15 pm–1:30 pm)
University of Tsukuba, Art and Physical Education Area 5C 507
School of Art and DesignSpecialized common subject “Fine Art Theory A-2”

Speaker: Eisuke Kawada
A graduate of Columbia University, Mr. Kawada completed coursework with a degree in the Department of English Language and Literature Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology and Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo. After working as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba (2015–2017), he became a lecturer at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Political Science and Economics at Kokushikan University in 2018. Mr. Kawada specializes in British and American literature, aesthetics, and theory of art, with a focus on Ernest Hemingway's research, stylistics, and poetics. He is currently working on the research project “A systematic study on style, aesthetics, and realism in the short stories of Ernest Hemingway.” (JSPS, Grant -in-Aid for Scientific Research C 2018-2020).

This special lecture formed part of the School of Art and Design specialized common subject “Fine Art Theory A-2” class. In Fall AB, the theme of the lesson was “Fine art in 1910,” in which the Western and Japanese art trends of 1910 were studied. As movements in art history as well as specific artists and their work are covered in the regular class, we asked that the special lecture extend to the literary history of the 1910s and 1920s, which is not covered in the regular class .
The special lecture began with a chronological summary about what the beginning of the twentieth century was like. Mr. Kawada explained that it was an era of various discoveries and technological innovations, and a turning point for value systems based on the ideologies of Marx, Freud , and Nietzsche. After providing an overview of modernist painting, he introduced the class to modernist poetry (Harriet Monroe, Robert Frost, Gertrude Stein, TS Eliot, Ezra Pound, Mina Loy, etc.) and modernist authors (Ernest Hemingway, F Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, etc.) as examples of trends in modernist literature in Britain and the United States. He defined it generally as an “era of style” and “era of division and unity.” From this, we learned that these literary and artistic works represented streams of consciousness as they were developed, as they were interconnected in complex ways with other spheres of art.
This time, we were also joined by non-students, with approximately 30 people attending the lecture.