Nishio, Takahiro
Faculty of Letters German Literature Professor
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Research Overview
My research project is to explore the theme of the "public sphere" led by e. g. the German philosopher J¨¹rgen Habermas from the standpoint of the literary studies. In my doctoral dissertation I focused on the cultural and political situations around 1800 in German-speaking countries, centered on Prussian writer, Heinrich von Kleist, who lived in the social conflicts after the French Revolution. Recently, while shifting gradually its focus to the middle of the ¡°long 19th century¡±, I address the public roles that a wide range of communication spaces derived from literature and journalism can play in the society from a historical perspective. Currently, the theme I am working on with interest is the problematics of ¡°lying and fiction¡±.
Specialty
Modern German Literature