French Studies

Professor KAWASHIMA Koichiro

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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Professor YAMAMOTO Daichi

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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French Literature

Professor ENDO Fumihiko

Topic of Research or Lecture
Research on the Theory and Practice of Contemporary French Literature Through Analysis of An Author’s Work
Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

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

Doctoral Program

  • Special Studies in French Literature IV
  • Special Lecture in French Literature IV
Message from the Professor
I specialize in literature. I have discussed Pierre Loti’s books relating to Japan, Marguerite Duras’ motion pictures, and Roland Barthes’ critical ideologies, and have recently been putting my efforts into re-reading and re-evaluating Françoise Sagan's novels.

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Professor SUZUKI Takami

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

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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Associate Professor ISEKI Maho

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

  • 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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Associate Professor KOIKE Miho

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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