体験とドラマ『海へ騎りゆく人々』 : シングのドラマトゥルギー 1

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劇作家シングの誕生に決定的な役割を果すアラン島体験は,「新しい材料のショック」と「心構えのある性格」による,島の現実と伝承の昂ぶる体験となる。『アラン島』に直接依拠するドラマ『海へ騎りゆく人々』は,体験の両側面を事件と時間の凝縮によって止揚する悲劇であるが,その後のシング喜劇は他のインスピレーションを必要とし,アラン島体験は一編のドラマで完結する。The Aran Island experience is decisive to Synge the playwright. The Aran Islands records his initiation into reality by 'the shock of new materiaｌ' and his understanding of folklore through 'the prepared personality'. Riders to the Sea turns both aspects of the experience to best account by condensation of time and events. Although Aran supplies him with materials for his forthcoming comedies, Synge needs another inspiration for them; Synge's Aran experience ends in producing no other play than the masterpiece of tragedy, but his heightened contemplation on Aran Islands becomes the core of his dramaturgy.