横光利一の中国観 : 『上海』を中心にした一考察
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Preface: There are many works which deal with China in modern Japanese literature. This study picks up Shanghai to discuss the historical significance of Yokomitsu Riichi's stance on China. 1. His personal experience of Shanghai and the creation of Shanghai It is widely admitted that Yokomitsu had two reasons to go to Shanghai. One reason was to escape from the influence of proletarian literature, and the other was to visit one of his friends in Shanghai. The present author, however, calls attention to the fact that Yokomitsu keenly spotted the importance of the May 30th riot. It is an amazing coincidence that Andre Marraux, Man Dun, and Yokomitsu, from both sides of the world all paid attention to this drastic step taken by the Chinese people on way to revolution. 2. The time of Shanghai Yokomitsu describes three aspects of Shanghai. One is the dirty side of the city, represented by the amusement centers and the beggars on the back streets. The other two are official ones; that is, the city's economic life and its political environment which served as a cradle of the revolution. Yokomitsu observed, however, only part of these three aspects. He did not pursue any of the Chinese national heritage in them. His intention in writing Shanghai is seen in his taking Shanghai as typical of modern cities. 3. Characteristics of Yokomitsu's viewpoint Their different points of view caused Yokomitsu and other writers of the same period to differ in their attitudes toward China. The proletarian novelists saw China in terms of a series of revolutionary movements including the May 30th riot, while Yokomitsu described the modern aspect of China. On the other hand, Akutagawa, who advised Yokomitsu to visit Shanghai, had a quite different point of view. In his Shina Yuki Akutagawa described the modern aspect of China in comparison with the classic aspect of China. Akutagawa therefore saw beggars as mysterious, romantic creatures, while Yokomitsu took them to be outcasts. The beggar image of Yokomitsu is reflected in the main character of Shanghai, Sangi. Yokomitsu regarded Shanghai as primarily the haunt of such outcasts. Yokomitsu looked at only a part of the modern aspect of China. His intention in writing Shanghai was not to describe the city of Shanghai but to depict it as a typical modern city.
- 東京女子大学の論文
- 1988-03-10