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  • March 14, 2022

    『アニメーション研究』第20巻第2号、第21巻第1、2号と、『Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal』第14巻第3号から第16巻第3号の論文情報を追加。

  • February 14, 2020

    トップページに検索窓と更新履歴の設置。『アニメーション研究』第20巻第1号と、『Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal』第14巻第1号、第2号の論文情報を追加。4件の推薦文献リストとそれに伴う新規文献の追加。

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Eisenstein on Disney

Sergei Eisenstein was a leading film director and theorist of the Soviet era. Richard Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and Russian Studies at University College, Swansea, and General Editor of "Eisenstein's Selected Works,"

Early Childhood and Media Representation: How does South Korean Animation Pororo the Little Penguin Reproduce Patriarchal Family Ideology?

This study examines the deeper cultural and social meaning of a South Korean popular edutainment animation Pororo the Little Penguin by analyzing 50 of its episodes. The article expands upon earlier studies of Pororo by not only analyzing gender stereotypes in Pororo’s narratives and aesthetics but also investigating these features within the larger frame of social discourse. The authors found that, despite the fact that Pororo seems to display friendship formation among children without adults’ intervention, it really reflects family relationships in South Korea and functions to reveal adults’ perspectives on them. Through positioning adult and children characters within the typical patriarchal Korean family, they argue that Pororo reproduces the patriarchal family ideology of today’s South Korea. This study therefore contributes to the field of children’s media and gender representation and the sociology of childhood.

Walerian Borowczyk

Complexe et multiforme, plastique, graphique, picturale, cinématographique, littéraire, l’œuvre de Walerian Borowczyk (1923-2006) fait ici pour la première fois l’objet d’une étude approfondie. Basée à la fois sur l’importante collection Borowczyk du Musée-Château d’Annecy (unique au monde) et sur la volonté de décloisonner et de faire dialoguer ses périodes polonaises (1845-1958) et française (1959-2006), la proposition s’organise autour d’un texte de Pascal Vimenet qui démontre la fécondité active de l’oeuvre de "Boro" auquel André Breton avait accolé le magnifique blason d’"imagination fulgurante" et que Robert Benayoun avait comparé à celles de Ionesca et de Beckett.

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Before World War II, Taihei Imamura’s Manga Eigaron [A Study of Comics and Films] was the only literature on animation. In recent years, there is much literature to read. I recommend literature based on my impressions while reading them, rather than as general source materials. Other than those 10 books I chose, L. Martin’s Of Mice and Magic and Takuya Mori’s Teihon Animation no Gyagu Sekai [General Reader: World of gags in Animation] were two memorable literature sources. It might be presumptuous for me to recommend my coauthored book, Nihon Animation Eiga Shi [A History of Japanese Animation Films], but I am proud to say that the Library of Congress in the United States has purchased it.

The following list of recommended references was selected and written by researchers and experts trusted by the Research and Education Committee; however, there are, of course, other important animation study references that have not been included. This list was prepared by members of the Research and Education Committee to examine more closely certain references. (Authors: Takashi KAYAMA, Akiko SUGAWA, Naomi IGARASHI, Shō KOBAYASHI)

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