Researcher and Faculty Information
Takuma Furukawa Takuma Furukawa
Takuma FURUKAWA
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Faculty
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Faculty of Intercultural Japanese Studies
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job title
- Lecturer
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degree
- Doctor of Literature
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Research Field
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Literature/Humanities/Humanity/Psychology Foreign Languages
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Research Topics
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Japanese English Literature Japanese American Internment Asian American Literature Queer Theory
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- I am researching literary works (novels and graphic novels) by Japanese people in the United States, Canada, Australia, etc. I am analyzing how experiences such as irrational racism, internment, and patriarchy are depicted in these works based on feminism, queer theory, trauma theory, etc.
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Main publications and papers
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・"Juliet Kono's Anshū: Physical 'Movement' and Transformation of Spirituality in Dark Sorrow," Western Literature Studies, no. 43, pp. 43-63, 2023.
・““Madness” in Hisaye Yamamoto’s “The Legend of Miss Sasagawara”: Double-edged Social Criticism in Religious Implications” Kobe Studies in English, vol. 35, pp. 33-47, 2022.
・"nterethnic solidarity in Joy Kogawa's novels: the faith of Japanese Canadians and the First Nations people" Creativity, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 277-89, 2019.
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Awards
- Excellent Teaching Award (Otani University, 2023 "English Ib-4", 2024 "English Ib-3")
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Main classes taught
- American Regions and Culture, American National Character, English Seminar I/IV, English Presentation, English Communication, English I