日韓「ハンセン病詩」管見
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Han Ha Un is one of the contemporary Korean poets whose concern is to express the life of people suffering from Hansen's disease in Korea. In this paper, I try to explore the poems written by him and compare them with those written by Japanese poets with a special reference to styles, expressions, and historical and social factors. One remarkable difference can be observed as far as the volume of poetry on Hansen's disease is concerned. In Japan, a great many poems have been composed since the beginning of Showa Era. However, in Korea poems on Hansen's disease are scarce. Why does Japan have a large quantity of poems on Hansen's disease? I think two factors are involved. The first one is related to the literary style of Japanese poetry. Japan has a long history of Haiku and Tanka, which are the shortest verses in the world. Haiku consists of 17 syllables, and Tanka 31 syllables. Therefore, it is rather easy for Japanese to make short verses and people tend to compose short poems in our daily lives. The second factor is a rather social one. Japan has a history of more than 70 years of quarantine of Hansen's disease patients. The number of national quarantine hospitals for Hansen's disease patients is 13, and that of private ones is 2. People suffering from Hansen's disease have been completely isolated from Japanese society. Therefore, they tended to express their feelings of discrimination, oppression, and agony by means of words. To express their inner world and write poems was one step to self-realization and social rehabilitation, which produced a great number of poems. In Korea, most Hansen's disease patients have lived with their families in rehabilitation village. Sorok Hospital is the only one where patients are quarantined. Further comparative study on the history of literary work on Hansen's deisease should be done.
- 恵泉女学園大学の論文
- 2003-03-20