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先生の高論「薩摩焼をめぐる苗代川関係文書について」『黎明館調査研究報告』第13集を拝読。
先生の論文には、William Leonard Schwartzの1920年以降の略歴を調査中とあります。
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William Leonard Schwartz (1888–1964) was a distinguished scholar of French literature and a longtime professor at Stanford University, notably active during the first half of the 20th century.
His work is particularly remembered for its focus on the intersection of Western literature and East Asian aesthetics.
Key Contributions and Background
• Japonisme in French Literature: His most influential work is arguably The Imaginative Interpretation of the Far East in Modern French Literature, 1800–1925 (published in 1927). This study remains a foundational text for understanding "Japonisme"—the influence of Japanese art and culture on French writers like Pierre Loti, the Goncourt brothers, and Paul Claudel.
• Stanford Career: He joined the Stanford faculty in the Department of Romanic Languages (now French and Italian) around 1920. He rose through the ranks to become a full professor, dedicated to both teaching and the meticulous study of poetic movements.
• Bridge Between Cultures: Because Schwartz had spent time living and teaching in Japan (at the Seventh High School in Kagoshima and later in Nagasaki) prior to his career at Stanford, he possessed a rare, firsthand perspective on the Far East. This allowed him to analyze French literary "Orientalism" with much greater depth than many of his contemporaries.
• Academic Focus: Beyond his work on East Asian influences, he was a specialist in 19th and 20th-century French poetry and drama, contributing numerous articles to journals like PMLA and Modern Language Notes.
Legacy at Stanford
Schwartz represents a period at Stanford where the humanities began to lean heavily into comparative literature and interdisciplinary studies, looking at how global trade and cultural exchange reshaped European high art. He retired as Professor Emeritus of Romanic Languages in the mid-1950s.
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