ID
Name
Title
Supervisor

130107
Momori URA
The Popularity in Pride and Prejudice:
Focusing on Elizabeth Bennet
Prof. Chihiro KATO
Summary

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the reason why Pride and Prejudice has
attracted people widespread for long time. I focus on Elizabeth’s character in the noveland in adapted works.
First, I attest the truth of popularity of Pride and Prejudice looking at the modern
visual product, culture and literature. Furthermore, I deal with two different explications,feminism and paternalism, mainly focusing on Elizabeth. Moreover, I examine thediversity of Elizabeth by comparing three adapted productions from Pride andPrejudice; Bride and Prejudice, Machiko, and Bridget Jones’s Diary.
Lots of products such as films and dramas has been produced. In this way, Prideand Prejudice has made its position. As for Elizabeth, she is a significant character who
can be read and rewritten in various ways. The readers find the ‘ambivalence,’ feminismand paternalism, in this novel looking at Elizabeth’s behaviors. I insist on the position ofpaternalism, but the thing I make a point the most is that because of this ‘ambivalence,’
there is a long worthy argument in academic circle on Pride and Prejudice. Besides, inadapted works, Larita in Bride and Prejudice describes her culture and society in India
as such a way as to appeal to the audience. Also Machiko in the Japanese novel
Machiko is a symbol of young women socialist, and Bridget in Bridget Jones’s Diary
tells us about her own life via her diary so that the readers can be sympathetic to her.
In this paper I observe the reason why Pride and Prejudice has been loved bymodern people. I conclude that Pride and Prejudice has been discussed for many years
because Elizabeth makes ‘ambivalence.’ Besides, Elizabeth has been easily rewritten inadapted works. Thus the reason why Pride and Prejudice has attracted people for longis that the main character, Elizabeth, is such a changeable character.

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Name
Title
Supervisor

130118
Akane OGURO
A Consideration of the Value of Howl’s Moving Castle
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki:
From the Comparison of Descriptions of the WarProf. Chihiro KATO
Summary

The purpose of this thesis is to consider the value of Howl’s Moving Castle, a film
directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The original novel was written by Diana Wynne Jones in1986 in the UK. I hypothesize that Hayao Miyazaki created a new work based on theoriginal novel, not just visualized it. I refute many critical comments about this work
directed by him.
First, I focus on the figure of Hayao Miyazaki that shows his political idea.
Second, I examine his view of war from his three works such as Porco Rosso, Princessof Mononoke, and Howl’s Moving Castle. Finally I consider the meanings of thedifference between his movie and the original novel.
I found that Hayao Miyazaki had two different ashamed feelings as a Japanese.
He has criticized the present Japanese government for trying to reach the center of theworld. His idea tends to be socialistic and left wing. I suppose his ideal Japanese politics
is a small country as a matter of principle.
In Porco Rosso, it is important to judge for justice by themselves. In Princess ofMononoke, a villain in the story is not only a villain but also has her standard for justice.
In Howl’s Moving Castle, he argues that the aim of war is obscure. It is clear that Howl,the main character in Howl’s Moving Castle, hesitates between joining in the war andrefusing in the war.
Finally, I found out that the difference between Miyazaki’s movie and the original
novel was descriptions of the war, which were caused by the result of World War II.
While Japan is a defeated nation of World War II, Jones grew up in a victorious nationof the UK. Therefore, because the two nations felt the war differently, it was natural thatthe movie and the book were described differently.
In conclusion, the value of Howl’s Moving Castle directed by Hayao Miyazaki is
his adaptation with Japanese identity about war from the original novel including
British identity about war. The significance of this thesis is to show the value of thedescription of war in Howl’s Moving Castle directed by him.

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130206
Mayu KAWAMURAThe View of Life and Death in the Harry Potter Series Written
by J. K. Rowling:
Harry’s Death from the Perspective of Chivalry
Prof. Chihiro KATO
Summary

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the view of life and death in the Harry
Potter series written by J. K. Rowling from the perspective of chivalry. The series has
seven books and there is a big theme of death and a lot of elements of chivalry in thestory. I verify the strong connection between the series and chivalry and a value of theseries.
For that purpose, I seek points in common between the Harry Potter series and Le
Morte d’Arthur, considering death of knights, death for people in the Middle Ages anddeath in the Harry Potter series. Also, I seek the way in which chivalry lives today.
Firstly, referring to the history of the class of knights and chivalry, I insisted thatpeople in the Middle Age admired knights and made chivalric romance to tell about
ideal figure of knights. Also, in those days, people believed purification of their souls
after death and regarded death as a transit point of life.
Secondly, I examined the view of life and death in the Harry Potter series,
focusing on the perspectives of Harry, Voldemort and the collection of fairy tales, The
Tales of Beedle the Bard. I found Harry had courage to accept death and that was why
Harry could beat Voldemort. Additionally, The Tales of Beedle the Bard told that it isstupid to fear death and to delay death. From these facts, I found that a character whodoes not fear death can overcome death in the story of the series.
Thirdly, I sought points in common between the Harry Potter series and Le Morted’Arthur. Death as achievement and death as embarkation were seen in both of them.
The connection between the two works is undoubtable. Thus, I found that popularfantasy novels today have the common points with Le Morte d’Arthur, chivalry
literature in the Middle Ages. From these findings, I concluded that the series can beread from the perspective of the chivalric view of life and death.
For all these facts, I concluded that the view of life and death in the Harry Potter
series is strongly related to the chivalry. The series gives readers an opportunity to think
about death based on chivalric values. Therefore, the series is not just popular novels,
but also valuable works. This thesis contributes to reveal the new value of the series.

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Name
Title
Supervisor

130354Hiromi SUZUKI
Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go: Childhood Memories andNostalgia
Prof. Chihiro KATO
SummaryThis thesis is about Never Let Me Go written by Japanese-born British author
Kazuo Ishiguro in 2005. Never Let Me Go is a futuristic science dystopian story,
however there is something nostalgic throughout the novel. Kathy, the main character ofthe story, reminisces about her innocent childhood when she knows nothing of the harshrealities of life. The thesis explores Ishiguro’s intentions of dealing with the childhood
memories in the novel.
First, I examined Ishiguro’s background to ascertain if his childhood affected
writing the novel. Next, I explored Hailsham, Kathy’s boarding school, as a metaphor
for an ideal childhood environment. At last, I compared Never Let Me Go with otherdystopian novels to point out the fact that the story lacks scientific information and toconfirm that Ishiguro intended to write the novel to describe childhood memories.
Throughout the thesis I took Ishiguro’s interviews into consideration.
I discovered that Ishiguro tells the importance of memories in Never Let Me Go
by mentioning how childhood memories work to face realities when people grow up.
Ishiguro’s message is that all children must be raised in a carefully protected innocentenvironment, so that they can have happy childhood memories.
Overall the thesis was about the childhood memories and nostalgia in the novel.
Kathy and other clones grow up in Hailsham with little knowledge about donations thatawait them in the near future. They are protected soundly inside Hailsham, therefore
they can have happy childhood memories. This thesis is significant in that Never Let
Me Go can be interpreted as a tragic dystopian society, however it shows Ishiguro’s
main theme is the importance of having happy childhood memories.

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Name
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Supervisor

130463
Minami NAKAGAWA
A Study of Roald Dahl’s Works for Children:
The Value of Children’s Literature in Charlie and theChocolate Factory and Matilda
Prof. Chihiro KATO
Summary

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the value of Roald Dahl’s works forchildren. His books are popular among children, but on another front, his works arecontroversial. Supposing that his works are valuable as children’s literature, I verify thishypothesis examining Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda.
First, I make clear definition of the genre “children’s literature” and consider what
valuable children’s literature is like. Second, I look at whether his works include theelement of ‘entertainment’ or not. Next, I also consider a ‘moral lesson’ in his works.
Finally, I examine whether his books are valuable as children’s literature from thoseconsiderations.
Valuable children’s literature needs two elements. One of them is children’s senseof humour, ‘entertainment,’ and the other is ‘moral lesson’ that adults demand for thereaders, children through literature. The work that includes both of the elements can beregarded as a valuable children’s literature.
In Dahl’s works, there is a black humour as an element of ‘entertainment.’ His
works are criticized as unethical, because they have violent scenes with black humour.
However, in his works, people who are subjected to physical violence have somerational reasons to be punished. Thus, these scenes can be seen as one of the retribution
or even education. In addition, all of his violent scenes are described too overly likefantasy. Those fantastic scenes make children relieved because those scenes cannot berealized in the real world. Those scenes just give children fun-filled images. Finally, Iconsider that ‘moral lesson’ from the perspective of the characteristics of main
characters. Both Charlie and Matilda have humilities, and they differ from the villains inthat point. The villains are so greedy that they give someone a hard time, and thus theviolent actions are totally karmic payback. Those actions show that his books have‘moral lesson.’
All these consideration, I verify that his works have two elements, ‘entertainment’and ‘moral lesson’ that should be included in valuable children’s literature. Therefore, I
conclude that his books for children are valuable as children’s literature, and this paper
contribute to upgrading his works.
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Name
Title
Supervisor

130492
Tomo NISHIMURAThe Significance of The Unreliable Narrator inKazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day
Prof. Chihiro KATO
Summary

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the significance of the unreliable narrator
in Kazuo Ishiguro’s third novel, The Remains of the Day. This novel is narrated byStevens, a first-person and the unreliable narrator. This story made Ishiguro anhonorable Booker Prize winner and firmly established his reputation around the world. I
made clear the significance of the unreliable narrator and the message of Ishiguro.
First, I examined how Ishiguro’s background influenced his works. He has twodifferent backgrounds, Japan and the UK. This experience of living in two different
countries is connected with his literary style. Next, I clarified the definition of unreliablenarrator. Moreover, I examined from relationships with Miss Kenton and Lord
Darlington why Stevens could be regarded as the unreliable narrator. Finally I clarified
the message that Ishiguro truly wanted to tell readers.
The unreliable narrator is a narrator whose credibility has been seriously
compromised. Using this technique, authors can disclose how human beings distort andconceal the truth. I thought Ishiguro wrote this story to tell readers what human nature
really was. Stevens narrates the story with lies and self-deception. All the stories he tells
are unreliable. However, Stevens is an ordinary person and readers have possibilities tobe in the same situation as him. Ishiguro’s work present all his readers having somemisconception about the truth.
In this paper I observed the significance of the unreliable narrator. This techniqueis open to interpretation. I thought the message of Ishiguro is to devote undivided
attention to future life. This story causes the readers to doubt their own understanding ofhistory and memories. This thesis contributed to clarifying the fact that the story tells
what human nature really is.

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Supervisor130521
Keitarou HAMANAKAThe Value of Liverpool for The Beatles
Based on the Fact of the City Theory, Social Classes
and the Analysis of their Lyrics
Prof. Chihiro KATO
Summary

The purpose of this thesis is to examine a theme, ‘the value of Liverpool for The
Beatles.’ All the members of The Beatles were grown in Liverpool and they became themost famous rock band. The majority people in Liverpool were classified as ‘working
class’ and people in the South belonged to higher classes comparing to Liverpool. Then
most people in the South were not interested in the rock music from Liverpool.
However, finally The Beatles succeeded as a rock band not only in the UK but also
around the world. I thought that Liverpool was valuable places for The Beatles to bepopular.
By using their lyrics and characters of Liverpool, this theme could be solved inthis thesis. And examining the changes of their artistic thought, I found the value ofLiverpool of which The Beatles thought.
I found that Liverpool could let The Beatles settle down when they were not able
to be satisfied with their band activities, or when they felt a gap between their dreamand reality. The Beatles sang about Liverpool when they felt some pressure. And before
they finally broke up, they released “GET BACK.” This song had some messages thatThe Beatles had to get back to Liverpool because they had been too big existence bypeople in the UK.
In conclusion, the value of Liverpool is that there were a lot of minor facts thatBritish people had thought at that time. I examined those facts are because of theirbackground that they were from Liverpool and working class. And the value ofLiverpool for The Beatles is that it was the place that The Beatles could be relaxedwhile they were busy. If The Beatles had not been born there, they wouldn’t have beensuch a popular rock band. And finally, this thesis has the significance in that I used thelyrics to examine the theme.

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Name
Title
Supervisor

130651
Atsumasa MORIYAThe Importance of the Final Chapter in A Clockwork Orange:
By Comparing Two Different Versions
Prof. Chihiro KATO
Summary

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the importance of the final chapter in theoriginal version of A Clockwork Orange. This novel was written by famous British
writer Anthony Burgess in 1962 and made into a movie by Stanly Kubrick in 1971. Atthat time, Kubrick removed the final chapter because he thought it was more interesting
to change the original ending, and this causes the big difference between the twoversions. I compared the two versions and I focused on the educational aspects because
this novel deals with juvenile crimes.
First, I make the clear definition of the term ‘dystopia’ because this book isclassified as dystopian literature. Second, I examine messages that Burgess wanted totell us and the meanings of the word ‘A Clockwork Orange.’ Finally, I compare theoriginal novel with the movie directed by Kubrick in order to prove the importance oforiginal final chapter.
I defined dystopia as an undesirable imaginary place and it makes us think about
what is a desirable world through satirizing and criticizing our real world. In this bookthere are a lot of dystopian elements. Especially a kind of correctional system for crimes
called Ludovico treatment is the strongest one. I comprehended that Burgess wanted totell us about importance of free will and right education. Moreover, the word ‘A
Clockwork Orange’ symbolized Alex, who is the main character of this book, because
he doesn’t have the free will like a clock. Additionally, about the original ending, it
symbolized chain of the dystopian world because Alex thinks he will have his child in
the future and he won’t be able to stop his son if his son will do the evil acts like him.
In this paper I observed the difference between the two versions and revealed thatthe original ending had strong dystopian elements. I concluded that wrong educationsuch as Ludovico treatment couldn’t cut off the chain of the dystopian world andBurgess wanted to tell us the importance of right education. Moreover, I made it clearthat we could find educational aspects in the original ending, even though this novel
was classified as dystopian literature.

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