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Takeshi Arthur Thornton
Department of Japanese Literature and Culture Associate Professor
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Last Updated :2024/04/23
Researcher Information
Degree
Ph.D.(University of Chicago)
B.A.(University of Pennsylvania)
J-Global ID
200901085177478842
Research Interests
Modern Thought World Literature Cultural Theory Art History
Research Areas
Humanities & social sciences / Literature - General
Academic & Professional Experience
2010/12 - 2019/03 East China Normal UniversityECNU MBA CenterVisiting Lecturer
2013/03 - 2014/03 Harvard UniversityDepartment of History of Art and ArchitectureVisiting Scholar
Yokohama National University Graduate School of International Social Sciences International Social Sciences Section
Education
- 2013/06 The University of Chicago Division of the Humanities Department of Comparative Literature
1991/09 - 1995/05 University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences Department of English
Published Papers
The Biopolitics of COVID-19: Thoughts on the Agamben Controversy
Takeshi Arthur Thornton
思想 (1185) 119 - 135 2023/05
[Refereed]
Of Monsters and Plague Doctors: Speculations on the Origins of the Amabie Legend
THORNTON Takeshi Arthur
Bungakuronso (95) 118 - 105 2021/03
[Refereed]
Memory and History in the Writings of Shotaro Yasuoka
Takeshi Arthur Thornton
Mita Bungaku: A Literary Quarterly 99 (142) 180 - 183 2020/08
[Refereed][Invited]
Evading the Metropolis: The Inward Turn of Modern Japanese Literature
Arthur Takeshi Thornton
2013/08
[Refereed]
A tale of two cities: modern Chicago and postmodern Los Angeles
Takeshi Arthur Thornton
Yokohama Business Review Yokohama Business Society 30 (3・4) 43-53 - 351 0389-1712 2010/03
When Old Media Were New: Revisiting the Benjamin-Adorno Exchange
Takeshi Arthur Thornton
Yokohama Business Review Yokohama Business Society 27 (3・4) 47-56 - 56 0389-1712 2007/03
Rethinking the Moretti Thesis: a theory of literary change
Takeshi Arthur Thornton
Studies in comparative culture The Japan Association of Comparative Culture 75 (75) 63-70 - 70 0914-0247 2007/01
[Refereed]
Literary Evolution: A Response to Franco Moretti
Takeshi Arthur Thornton
Yokohama Business Review Yokohama Business Society 26 (3・4) 87-94 - 444 0389-1712 2006/03
A Critique of the Concept of Occidentalism
Takeshi Arthur Thornton
Studies in comparative culture The Japan Association of Comparative Culture 66 (66) 71-82 - 130 0914-0247 2004/12
[Refereed]
Trauma, Memory and Identity in Camus's The Plague and Ibuse's Black Rain
Takeshi Arthur Thornton
Studies in comparative culture The Japan Association of Comparative Culture 64 (64) 79-86 - 86 0914-0247 2004/07
[Refereed]
Envisioning the Baroque City: The Tokyo Government Block Project, 1886-1890
Takeshi Arthur Thornton
Journal of Comparative Literature Japan Comparative Literature Association 44 234-219 - 219 0440-8039 2002/03
[Refereed]
Books etc
Form and Discontent: Natsume Soseki and the Challenge of World Literature
Takeshi Arthur Thornton (Single work)彩流社 2016/02 477912199X 168
漱石の作品は、なぜ快活・奔放なものから、個人の内面に向かう陰鬱なものへと変容するのか―明治後期~大正期、「近代都市」へと激しい変貌を遂げた「東京」。「近代」を描写する「形式」を追求する漱石を、「世界文学」の流れの中に捉え、「漱石論」の再解釈へいざなう。
<都市>のアメリカ文化学
笹田 直人 (Contributor)ミネルヴァ書房 2011/03 9784623059492 288
Conference Activities & Talks
労働モデルとしての芸術家のエートス―映画Francis Haをめぐって―
[Not invited]
武・アーサー・ソーントン
日本比較文学会東京支部例会(審査つき) 2016/03 Oral presentation
ジャンル変化のサイクルの比較文学的説明―フランコ・モレッティ理論の修正案―
[Not invited]
武・アーサー・ソーントン
日本比較文学会第68回全国大会(審査つき) 2006/06 Oral presentation
Mass Consumption and Resistance in Evelina and Sister Carrie
[Not invited]
1996/06 Oral presentation
Works
東京フォト2013カタログ
武・アーサー・ソーントン Others 2013/09
「ケルアックの路を行く」
MISC
J. D. Salinger at 100: a Celebration
Takeshi Arthur Thornton; Ozaki Shunsuke; Kaeruda Ameko MITA-HYORON (1237) 64 -76 2019/10
[Invited]
Review of Hiroyuki Tatsumi's "Paranoido no teikoku"
Takeshi Arthur Thornton MITA BUNGAKU: A LITERARY QUARTERLY (137) 294 -295 2018/11
[Invited]
(Book Review) "Ed. Angela YIU, Yukio KOBAYASHI, Naoshige NAGAO, Sophia Research Organization, "Sekai kara yomu Soseki "Kokoro".
Hikaku Bungaku; Journal of Comparative Literature 60- 144-148 2018/03
世界文学から問い直す漱石(田中和生との対談)
武・アーサー・ソーントン; 田中和生 三田文学 春- (129) 164-183 -183 2017/05
World Cities Through Camera Lens: Tokyo
Takeshi Arthur Thornton IMA: Living with Photograpy 1- (1) 2012/08
[Invited]
大事なのは、写真の形ではなく内容だ
ペン (299) 40-45 2011/10
[Invited]
現代アートとしての写真を語ろう
ペン (276) 68-71 2010/10
[Invited]
S. Satoh and Jokamachi-toshi Study Group (2002) Jokamachi-toshi (Japanese castle towns)
Urban Morphology: Journal of the International Seminar on Urban Form 10- (1) 2006/04
[Invited]
脱受験英語 スラング口座
私大進学 1- 1997/04
[Invited]
Social Contribution
Shashin: Photography from Japan
Date (from-to) :
2015/10
Category :
Others
Sponser, Organizer, Publisher :
国際写真協議会
Shashin: Photography from Japan
Date (from-to) :
2015/05
Category :
Others
Sponser, Organizer, Publisher :
国際写真協議会 理事
ニューヨーク 日本の写真を海外に紹介する一環として、ニューヨークで日本の写真展を1ヶ月間開催した。
Shashin: Photography from Japan
Date (from-to) :
2015/04
Category :
Others
Sponser, Organizer, Publisher :
国際写真協議会
東京フォト
Date (from-to) :
2009/09
Category :
Others
Sponser, Organizer, Publisher :
共同設立者
東京 アジア最大の写真フェア「東京フォト」の共同創設者となり、2009年から2014年までの5年間毎年一回フェアを開催した。
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https://researchmap.jp/read0135993