
KOBAYASHI, Ekiko
Professor
Department of British, American, and European Languages and Literatures, and Linguistics
(German Language and Literature)
E-mail: ekiko258[at]hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Research Fields
18th Century German Theater and German Modern Literature
Research Keywords
- Hypochondria and Medicine in the German Comedies in the Enlightenment Age
- German Fables
- Theater of Caroline Neuber
- German Comedies in the Enlightenment Age
- Literature of the Early Modern Age
- Krankheitsdarstellung
Research Outline
Beginning with the thoughts and Enlightenment-era comedies of the 18th-century German writer Gotthold Lessing, I am studying classical plays and the history of theater. With Enlightenment literature as a central point, I teach modern and contemporary German literature. I also have an interest in the world of lyric poetry, extending from the Middle Ages into the modern era, and I believe that there is a broad range of interests to be pursued in cultural history, literature, theater, etc.
Research Achievements
- Botschaft der Komik oder Uebermittlung von Vernunft? Zu Dienerfiguren in fruehaufklaererischen Komoedien, Japanische Gesellschaft für Germanistik (Hrsg.), Verkörperte Sprache - Rahmen und Rahmenbrüche, München: iudicium Verlag, pp.67-79, 2015.
- Attempts at Theater Reform and Principles of the Court Comedienne Caroline Neuber: Focusing on Ein Deutsches Vorspiel, Theatre Studies: Journal of Japanese Society for Theatre Research, 58, pp.57-72, 2014.
- Ein fremdes Bild fuer Freundschaft bei C.F.Weisse: Die “edle Wildin” in “Die Freundschaft auf der Probe,” Ryozo Maeda (Hg.), Transkulturalitaet. Identitaeten in neuem Licht. Asiatische Germanistentagung in KANAZAWA 2008, München: iudicium Verlag, pp.297-302, 2012.
- Die vertrauten Gaeste in der Satire: Moral und Schein in Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottscheds “Die ungleiche Heirath,” Kanichiro Omiya (Hrsg.), Figuren des Transgressiven - das Ende und der Gast -, München: Iudicium Verlag, pp.222-234, 2009.
- Hypochondrie im Konflikt der Kulturen: Satire und Wissenschaft in C. Mylius' Die Aerzte und Th. J. Quistorps Der Hypochondrist, Jean-Marie Valentin (Hrsg.), "Germanistik im Konflikt der Kulturen" Akten des XI. Internationalen Kongresses Paris 2005, Bd. 7, Bern/ Frankfurt a. M.: Peter Lang AG, pp.237-244, 2008.
- Servants in the Comedies of Lessing: On the Changes of the Servant Role, The Journal of Japanese Society for Theatre Research, 34, pp.56-68, 1996.