CBSラジオ『ミステリー・シアター』における古典文芸作品 : 階層間の架橋としての怪異譚

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The CBS Redio Mystery Theater ran from 1974 to 1982, winning an audience of over two million at its peak. One of the most conspicuous characteristics of this program is that it frequently depicted such bizarre and supernatural characters as serial murderers, witches, ghosts, and devils. Since an interest in the world of myth and superstition is considered to be an attribute of the lower socio-economic class, the program might appear to be intended for people belonging to this class. Interestingly, however, many episodes were adapted from the originals by such renowned novelists as Mark Twain, Emily Bronte, Tolstoy, and Guy de Maupassant, whose works are canons of the middle-class. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the roles that these classical literary works played in the Mystery Theater from a socio-economic point of view.
英米文化学会の論文
2003-03-31