Topic of Research or Lecture

In Particularly the Neutralization in Determiners and Tenses, as Well as Discrimination between Marked and Unmarked Forms in the French Language.

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Graduate Seminar in French Language II
• Specialized Lecture in French Language II a / II b

Doctoral Program

• Special Studies in French Language II
• Special Lecture in French Language II

Message from the Professor

Linguistic research requires logic, observation, imagination, and an aesthetic awareness. Linguistic research is not just about thoroughly observing and logically analyzing the data, what is more important is actually one’s imagination and aesthetic awareness. Here in lies the appeal of linguistic research.

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Topic of Research or Lecture

The Semantics and Pragmatics of Modern Written and Spoken French

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Graduate Seminar in French Language I
• Specialized Lecture in French Language I a / I b

Doctoral Program

• Special Studies in French Language I
• Special Lecture in French Language I

Message from the Professor

I’m engaged in research that takes on one or more contemporary French vocabularies, and observes phonological, morphological, and syntactic features, while at the same time trying to understand the meanings. Currently, my main subjects of analysis are adjectives, interjections, and discourse markers.

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Topic of Research or Lecture

19th and 20th Century French Literature / Cultural Theory on Comparisons between Japan and France

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Graduate Seminar in European Studies II
• Specialized Lecture in European Studies II a/Ⅱb

Doctoral Program

• French Literature Studies,Special Theory V

Message from the Professor

I am currently researching French idealism and dance theory in the 19th and 20th centuries with a focus on Proust. Expand your view of the world through the study of French literature and ideology.

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Topic of Research or Lecture

18th Century French Literature, especially analysis of enlightenment thinkers' works with a focus on Rousseau.

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Graduate Seminar in French Literature II
• Specialized Lecture in French Literature II a / II b

Doctoral Program

• Special Lecture in French Literature VI

Message from the Professor

My research is focused on the ideological and social background of the French Revolution and the emergence of the Modern Family through analysis of enlightenment thinkers' works including Rousseau.

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Topic of Research or Lecture

16th century French literature, especially academic theory

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Specialized Lecture in French Literature V a / V b

Message from the Professor

In the 16th century, academic genres were not yet established, and scholars would call for the need for mixing and separating between disciplines, provoking a variety of debates. What did these "mixtures" or " divisions" mean? The research focuses on the way scholars of the time viewed "scholarship".

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Topic of Research or Lecture

An Analysis of Authors' Works and Comparative Literary Considerations in Contemporary French and Quebec Literature

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Graduate Seminar in French Literature Ⅲ
• Specialized Lecture in French Literature Ⅲa・Ⅲb

Message from the Professor

The program's research topic is the spirituality and humor found in contemporary French writers, with a particular focus on Marguerite Duras and Romain Gary. By broadening the scope of its research to include Japanese literature such as Akutagawa and Quebec novels such as the works of Ducharme, the program seeks to explore literary approaches to the underlying issues that pervade our contemporary world. By exposing ourselves to a diverse variety of literature of all ages and countries, we must aspire to identify universal values that transcend cultural differences.

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