Researcher Database

WELLS Keiko

Department / Course College of Letters International Studies and English Communication Program

Title / Position Professor

Papers
1.	2022/12/24	A Short Introduction to Vernacular Literature: What is It and How is It Interesting? │ introduction to Studies of English Languages and Cultures │ ,pp.29-44 (Sole-authored)
2.	2022/03/20	Love Songs that Has Lived for 100 Years: Broadway Musical Lyrics from 1920~30s in the Tradition of Romantic Songs │ Ritsumeikan Studies in Language and Culture │ ,pp.249-265 (Sole-authored)
3.	2021/11	Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Professional Interpreters: What Insights Do We Gain into Oral Communication and Foreign Language Acquisition?" / Introduction │ Ritsumeikan Studies in Language and Culture │ 33 (2),pp.219-220 (Sole-authored)
4.	2021/04/02	世界の耳と心をつなぐ、リボンのような歌を (スティーブン・フォスター歌曲集に寄せて） │ Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts: The Songs of Stephen Foster │ (Sole-authored)
5.	2021/04/01	Foster Songs are Ribbon to Tie the Ears and Hearts of the World │ ,pp.34(94)-36 (97) (Sole-authored)
6.	2021/01/30	The Voice of She who Sought Happiness: Janis Joplin and Blues │ Bungei Bessatsu │ ,pp.90-101 (Sole-authored)
7.	2020/08/01	Black Music and Songs from Slavery Era to 1910s. │ ,pp.36-41 (Sole-authored)
8.	2020/02	Special Issue: Waves of Exchange and Regeneration: Kyoto's Cultural Experience from Ancient to Modern Times: "Introduction" (Editor) │ Journal of Ritsumeikan Social Sciences and Humanities │ (122),pp.201-204 (Sole-authored)
9.	2020/02	Borderland Where Outcasts Revive: Mizorogaike, Ichiharano, Kurama, Kibune in Kyoto │ Journal of Ritsumeikan Social Sciences and Humanities │ (122),pp.243-251 (Sole-authored)
10.	2019/03	Studying Vernacular Literature: the way from and the way to it │ Ritsumeikan Studies on Literature and Culture │ 30 (4),pp.133-148 (Sole-authored)
11.	2018/10	Variations and Interpretations of the Japanese Religious Folk Ballad, Sansho-Dayu, or "Princess Anju and Prince Zushio" (3): Re-Creation in Modern Fiction, Film, and Children’s Literature │ Journal of Ethnography and Folklore │ 1 (2),pp.44-67 (Sole-authored)
12.	2018/03	African-American Folktale Narrative in Zora Neal Hurston’s Mules and Men │ Vernacular Culture and Modern Society │ ,pp.87-112 (Sole-authored)
13.	2018/03	“Little Red Riding Hood” Variations: what do they tell us about the “vernacular culture”? │ Vernacular Culture and Modern Society │ ,pp.115-138 (Sole-authored)
14.	2018/03	Coming Back from Aphasia: a case of cure and rehabilitation with folk songs and stories │ Vernacular Culture and Modern Society │ ,pp.293-300 (Sole-authored)
15.	2017/10	Variations and Interpretations of the Japanese Religious Folk Ballad, Sansho-Dayu, or "Princess Anju and Prince Zushio" (2): The Theatrical Tradition in Ningyo-Joruri (Puppet Plays) and Kabuki (Classical Dance-and-Music-Drama) │ Journal of Ethnography and Folklore, New Series │ 2017 (1-2),pp.102-118 (Sole-authored)
16.	2016/09	Studying “Little Red Riding-hood” as Vernacular Culture: A Story of a Girl and Violence │ Ritsumeikan Studies on Literature and Culture │ 28 (1),pp.101-114 (Sole-authored)
17.	2016/09	Language, Culture and Region in Flow (Edit. and Introduction) │ Ritsumeikan Studites in Language and Culture │ 28 (1) (Sole-authored)
18.	2016/03	Why Do We Study Songs from the Slavery Era? : Lost Songs, Living Traditions, and African American Creativity │ Black Studies │ (85),pp.35-44 (Sole-authored)
19.	2015/11	(Book Review) Japanese Singers of Tales: Ten Centuries of Performed Narrative by Tokita │ Folk Music Journal │ 11 (1),pp.82-84 (Sole-authored)
20.	2015/10	Transboundary Scottish Folksongs │ Japan Caledonia Society Newsletter │ ,pp.1-2 (Sole-authored)
21.	2015/09	Variations and Interpretations of the Japanese Religious Folk Ballad, Sansho-Dayu, or “Princess Anjyu and Prince Zushio” (1): The Narrative Tradition Kept by Visually Impaired Minstrels │ Journal of Ethnography and Folklore │ New Series (1-2),pp.5-27 (Sole-authored)
22.	2014/10	The Expansion of Stephen Foster Songs in Japan: from their Reception in the Meiji Period to Acculturation in our Digital Age │ Ritsumeikan Studies in Language and Culture │ 26 (1),pp.29-105
23.	2014/09	I Hear America singing: American Folksongs of Work and People in the 19th Century │ Vintage Clothing │ (1037),pp.16-33 (Sole-authored)
24.	2014/02	The Power of Stories: An Interpretive Approach to Folktales │ Ritsumeikan Studies in Language and Culture │ ,pp.23-40 (Sole-authored)
25.	2014/02	Restricted Narratives in Diverse Contexts (A Project Study by the Vernacular Culture Study Group, 2010-2012) [Editor] │ Ritsumeikan Studies in Language and Culture │ 25 (3),pp.1-108
26.	2013/03	An Introduction to Literature and Culture Studies in English │ The Language and Culture Studies Reader for Communication Major │ ,pp.17-54 (Sole-authored)
27.	2011/09	Preface: Studies on Enonce --- What to be Expressed and What Not │ Ritsumeikan Studies in Language and Culture │ ,pp.1-2 (Sole-authored)
28.	2011/09	Laughter and Recovery: A Critical Study of Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston │ Ritsumeikan Studies in Language and Culture │ ,pp.15-29 (Sole-authored)
29.	2010/11	What does Mr. Blues say? : A Literary Analysis of Country Blues Lyrics │ Bungaku (Literature Studies) │ ,pp.88-106 (Sole-authored)
30.	2010/11	Japanese Language Sensibilities and Communication Vigour in Globalization Era │ Ritsumeikan Studies in Language and Culture │ ,pp.97 (Co-authored)
31.	2009/07	Lafcadio Hearn's Black Creole Song Project: Hearn, Krehbiel, Cable │ Bungaku (Iwanami-shoten) │ ,pp.76-87 (Sole-authored)
32.	2007/11	Black Spiritual Tradition in the Song Lyrics of Blind Willie Johnson and Robert Johnson │ ,pp.191-211 (Sole-authored)
33.	2007/04	Toward Alleviation of the Obsessive Fear in American Society: Two Contrary Anthologies of Black Spirituals published in 1925 │ Bungaku (Iwanami Shoten) │ ,pp.236-249 (Sole-authored)
34.	2006/11	Black Spiritual Tradition in Gospel Songs: Two “Stand by Me” songs and Thomas Dorsey │ ,pp.173－185 (Sole-authored)
35.	2006/04	A Comparative Cultural Study on Religious Songs in the United States │ (Sole-authored)
36.	2006/04	Catherine Gallagher, "The Second World War as Viewed from Other Worlds │ Shiso　（Iwanamishoten Pbul.) │ (Sole-authored)
37.	2006/03	A Study of Black Spiritual Texts Published in the United States, with an Annotated Bibliography │ (Sole-authored)
38.	2005/08	The Celebrity and Songs of the Fisk Jubilee Singers: An Examination of the Black Spiritual Concert Tradition │ (Sole-authored)
39.	2005/03	Early Texts of the Black Spiritual in the United States │ (Sole-authored)
40.	2005	Alan Dundes Obituary │ ,pp.250-51 (Sole-authored)
41.	2004/03	Buddhist Folk Song Tradition in Hawaii: A Study of Song Lyrics in Relation to Japanese American Experiences │ ,pp.103-122 (Sole-authored)
42.	2003/03	A Study of Shin Buddhist Song Lyrics Sung in the United States: Their History and Expressed Buddhist Images (2) 1939-2001 │ Pacific and American Studies │ ,pp.vol. 3, pp.41-64 (Sole-authored)
43.	2003/03	A Study of Japanese American and Chinese American Folksongs │ (Sole-authored)
44.	2002/03	A Study of Shin Buddhist Song Lyrics Sung in the United States: Their History and Expressed Buddhist Images (1) 1898-1939. │ Pacific and American Studies. (アメリカ太平洋地域研究センター) │ (vol. 2),pp.75-99 (Sole-authored)
45.	2001/03	A Comparative Study of Stephen Forster's “Oh, Susanna!” │ ,pp.105-117 (Sole-authored)
46.	2000/09	Lumberjack songs: The transition of song lyrics │ (Sole-authored)
47.	2000/08	Lumberjack songs (3): The song tree │ 49 (5) (Sole-authored)
48.	2000/07	Lumberjack songs (2): Adventures and death │ 49 (4) (Sole-authored)
49.	2000/06	Lumberjack songs(1): Deep forests and shanty boys │ 49 (3) (Sole-authored)
50.	1998/09	Alexis de Tocqueville and American Poets │ (Sole-authored)
51.	1997/10	Japanese Folksongs Created by Child Nursemaids │ (Sole-authored)
52.	1997/01	Railroad Songs in the United States:The Impact of the Railroad on American Sentiment │ ,pp.9-23 (Sole-authored)
53.	1996/12	John Henry Ballad and Hammer Songs │ ,pp.73-89 (Sole-authored)
54.	1996/03	“We're on the Road of Life” :A Study of American Railroad Songs │ The English Teachers' Magazine │ ,pp.42-45 (Sole-authored)
55.	1994/08	The Trans-Continental Railroad and the Dream and Reality of American People:A Study of Railroad Songs in the United States │ Kobe Eibei Ronso │ ,pp.141-195 (Sole-authored)
56.	1993	A Study of Cowboy Songs and the Life of Cowboys │ Ritsumeikan Bungaku │ ,pp.68-87 (Sole-authored)
57.	1992/03	Komachi, the Moon : Ono-no-komachi in the Translation of Noh Plays by Pound and Fenollosa │ Literature │ ,pp.132-141 (Sole-authored)
58.	1992	The"One Image"and the "Ghost Psychology"in the Translation of the Noh Plays by Ezra Pound │ Tsuda Inquiry │ ,pp.69-85 (Sole-authored)
59.	1991/12	The Change in the Past and a Perspective on the Future of the Criticism of H. D. │ ,pp.1-9 (Sole-authored)
60.	1991/10	The Bilingual-Bicultural Educational Program in California │ (Sole-authored)
61.	1991/09	The Development of the Image in the Poetry of Ezra Pound │ the Rising Generation. │ ,pp.2-6 (Sole-authored)
62.	1990	Kiln Firing and Pinewood │ Tosetsu │ ,pp.31-33 (Sole-authored)
63.	1989	Pound's 'Hagoromo' as an Imagist Poem │ ,pp.25-38 (Sole-authored)
64.	1988	A Study on the Image of the Kakitsubata Flower in the Translation of the Noh Play, "Kakitsubata" by Ezra Pound and Ernest Fenollosa │ ,pp.57-74 (Sole-authored)
65.	1987	The Translation of 'Hagoromo' by Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound. │ Tsuda Inquiry │ ,pp.72-90 (Sole-authored)
66.	1986	Ezra　Pound's ‘The　Seafarer’：Structure，Theme and Imagery │ Tsuda Inquiry │ ,pp.99-123 (Sole-authored)