Research and Study Conferences

Research Conferences

Japanese Language and Literature Joint Research Presentation Conference between Fu Jen Catholic University and Fukuoka University

A joint research presentation conference with Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan is held once a year. The conference will be staged at Fukuoka University and Fu Jen Catholic University on an alternate basis.
福岡大学・輔仁大学合同研究発表会(2021年10月30日 オンライン開催)

Graduate Student Presentation Conference

This conference is held twice a year, with an interim presentation conference for the master’s thesis in September and a master’s thesis presentation conference at the end of the year.

Study Conferences

Fukuoka University Japanese Language and Literature Conference

This is an academic conference made up mainly of students and faculty members of the Faculty of Humanities’ Department of Japanese Language and Literature at Fukuoka University and the Graduate School of Japanese Language and Literature. This academic conference is held once a year where graduate students also present their research. Graduate students play a major role in the running of this conference.

Conference Magazines

“Fukuoka University Japanese Language and Literature” is published once a year as a journal of the Fukuoka University Japanese Literature Society. Abstracts of the master’s thesis will be published while at the same time creating an opportunity for graduate students to present their work.

Year Title Name
Vol. 28, 2018 Far from "Europe's Heaven and Earth" HAYASHI Shinzo
Trio élégiaque and its FinaleISHIBASHI Gou
Collection of Nursery Rhymes in the Journal of Children's Studies (4)KOKUSHO Masako
Support for the growth of local Japanese language teachers at universities in VietnamSATO Momo
Vol. 29, 2019 A Study of Yokomitsu Riichi's"Hanazono no shiso" SAGIYAMA Miho
Comical novels in 1897NAGAI Taro
Collection of Nursery Rhymes in the Journal of Children's Studies (5)KOKUSHO Masako
Tone of the Irabu village (Miyako district) dialectKINUHATA Tomohide
Vol. 30, 2020 Shinjikō and "Shinjikōgi" NOGUCHI Tomoyo
A Study of Naoya Shiga's "Kozō no kamisama"NAGAI Taro
Collection of Nursery Rhymes in the Journal of Children's Studies (6)KOKUSHO Masako
Vol. 31, 2021 The Tale of Genji in the middle of the early modern age SUDO Kei
"Commentary and Critical Review regarding Consideration of Imperial Regalia" and "Refutation of Consideration of Imperial Regalia"NOGUCHI Tomoyo
A Study of Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "Mōri Sensei"CHO YUN HUI
Tokiko Iwatani's Portrayal of Women: Focusing on the 1960sHASEBA Yuma
Inability to Choose an Occupation: Kōbō Abe's "Bag" TheoryNAKANO Kazunori
Vampire Appearance: Vampires in the Meiji, Taisho and early Showa PeriodsNAGAI Taro
Translation, Performance, and Interpretation: "The Little Prince" as a Japanese Language Course MaterialHAYASHI Shinzo
Comparison of the Suffixation of "Man'yōshū" and Hachidaishū from the Perspective of Reanalysis and Phrase SubsumptionMUKAI Katsutoshi
Language for the Visually ImpairedPALMER Patrick Robert

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Research Topics of Current Students

  • Kokugaku, the study of ancient Japanese thought and culture, in the late Edo Period: With A Focus on Hikomaro Saito
  • A Study of Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "Mōri Sensei"
  • About Ayatari Takebe's textbook
  • Exoticism in Early Modern Fiction
  • Tokiko Iwatani and Showa Songs

Titles of Recent Master’s Thesis and Doctoral Thesis

Master’s Thesis

Year Thesis Title
Year of 2022 About the ideology of “Wasoubyoue”
About the novel by Ayatari TAKEBE
- Forcusing on “Nishiyama monogatari” -
Year Thesis Title
Year of 2020 The World of Riichi Yokomitsu's "Byousai-mono”-Focusing on "Ga wa donidemoiru”
Year Thesis Title
Year of 2019 Aspects of Frog Poems by Kusano Shimpei: Focusing on "the Hundredth Class"
A Study of Akutagawa Ryunosuke's Mourisensei: Its Relation to subtext,english teacher image and other works.
A Study on Adverbs and Negation
Year Thesis Title
Year of 2018 On Nada Inada’s Quartetto
Year Thesis Title
Year of 2017 Japan’s Reception of The Little Prince
Research on Poetic Narrative
Kaneko Misuzu’s ‘Loneliness’
Murasaki no Ue in The Tale of Genji – Relationship with the Genji as seen through Forms of Residence
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Year of 2016 Negative Response Forms ‘Shinakatta’ and ‘Shiteinai’ from the Perspective of Intention
Parody in Kanazoshi,
focusing on Nise Monogatari
Year Thesis Title
Year of 2015 Discussion of Nakahara Chuya’s Asei
An Analysis of the Female Image in the Early Works of Natsume Soseki
Postwar Works of Kawabata Yasunari,
focusing on Suigetsu
An Answer to the Rise of Postmodernist ‘Little Narratives’
- A Discussion of Murakami Haruki’s 1Q84
Discussion of Kawabata Yasunari’s Tamayura
Contrastive Study of the Japanese Case Particle ‘Kara’ and the Chinese Preposition ‘Cong’ in Spatial Expression
Year Thesis Title
Year of 2014 Expressions based on Similarity in Japanese and Chinese
– Focusing on ‘yoda’, ‘rashii’ and ‘haoxiang’