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IZUMI, Yoriko professor

Subjects Taught Readings of English and American Literature II, Translation Practice I & II, British Novels I & II
Research topic

My research focuses on British novels and culture from the first half of the 20th century onward, from the perspective of <humanity, environment, and wellness>. In recent years, alongside individual author studies of short stories and authors such as W. Somerset Maugham and Muriel Sparke, I have been studying the interaction between the five human senses and the environment, as well as activities and discourses related to reading, from a literary research standpoint.

performance
book
  1. "The Life of Princess Diana: A Journey to Self-Respect and Confidence," Maruzen Planet (2019)
Co-authored book (chapter writing)
  1. "The Royal Family and the Media," in *A Cultural History of Love and War in Britain 1951-2010*, Keio University Press (2011).
  2. "The Experience, Perspective, and Death of 'I' in 'The Poor Man's End'," Orwell and Travel, Otowa Shobo Tsurumi Shoten (2013)
  3. "Challenges to Imagination in Contemporary Scottish Literature," *Women Who Read*, Sairyusha (2006)
paper
  1. "'Then Silence'—On the World of Sound Depicted by Huxley," Comet Tsushin (Suiseisha) (2025)
  2. "Matilda's 'Higher-Level Desires' - On Roald Dahl's Matilda"
    “Bulletin of the Institute of English Language and Literature” (49) (2025)
  3. "The Tragedy of Mildred Rogers in Of Human Bondage"
    "Tohoku Gakuin University Journal of English Language and Literature" (108) (2025)
  4. "The 'Library' and 'Framework' Depicted in 'Pride and Prejudice'—In Relation to Elizabeth's Spiritual Growth Through 'Reading'"
    "Tohoku Gakuin University Journal (English Language and Literature)" (107) (2024)
  5. "Women who 'escaped' to Boots Book Lovers Library (UK)"
    "The Book of Books," No. 24 (2020)
  6. "The efficacy of literary works in bibliotherapy: A literature review"
    “Meiji University Liberal Arts Collection” No. 533 (2018)
  7. "A recommendation for bibliotherapy as told through fiction"
    "The Book of Books," No. 22 (2018)
  8. "Tobacco Culture as Seen in 19th-Century British Dandyism"
    "Research Report Funded by the Tobacco Research Center, a Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, FY2013" (co-authored) (2014)
  9. "The Body in Interwar British Utopian Fiction: Women and Flowers in 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'"
    “Meiji University Humanities Research Institute Bulletin” Volume 69 (2011)
  10. "The Politics of Smell in the 1930s: Smell and Social Imagination in 'Brave New World' and 'New Joys'"
    Virginia Woolf Studies, No. 25 (2008)
Other achievements
  1. Research grant from the Tobacco Research Center (TASC): "Tobacco Culture in 19th Century British Dandyism" (Grant Application, Researcher) (April 2013 - July 2014)
  2. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Young Scientists (B)) "The Formation of National Identity as Seen in British Education on Life and Death" (2012-2014)

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