摘要
伴隨明治維新的西化運動，深具文明開化象徵意義的新聞媒體，傳進了日本。新聞、電視、網路等傳媒發達的21世紀的現今，傳媒的功過問題，常常被議論紛紛。更何況新聞是唯一的公開廣為傳播的資訊流通、交換工具的明治時代中，新聞媒體所擁有的影響效力之大，更是超乎生活在到處充斥資訊媒體的現代生活中的現代人們的想像。 回顧日本的新聞的發展史，朝日新聞社最初是個名不見經傳的小報社。於明治41年東京朝日與大阪朝日合併而成的朝日新聞，成為當時東京、大阪二大都會區中新聞發行制度完備、規模最大的新聞社。其中不餘費力延攬招募二葉亭四迷、夏目漱石成為朝日新聞連載小說主筆的主編池邊三山的大刀闊斧的改革之下，時代進入了新聞連載小說的第一期黃金時代。 根據先進指出：可以從文學概念的革新，與不因民族國家不同而產生迥然不同的國族意識激盪的近代形象等諸多的角度切入研究新聞連載小說。展望未來浩瀚無邊的研究方向，本論文擬先從釐清明治40年代的朝日新聞連載小說的書寫，邁出研究的第一步。具體以明治40年至45年間刊登於東京朝日新聞報上連載的13篇長篇小說為主要的考察材料，進行仔細的文本對照、比較、分析，進而統籌出新聞連載小說的大方位的書寫趨勢。
並列摘要
In Westernization of Meiji, newspaper media were the symbols of westernization. It is argued about the merits and demerits of the mass media now of the 21st century. The power of the newspaper media of Meiji Era is mightier than the present age. In the history of newspaper development of Japan, Asahi Shimbun Publishing was a small newspaper. Asahi Shimbun merged the Tokyo and the Osaka Asahi in Meiji 41. Asahi Shimbun became the newspaper publishing company of that time maximum which has issue organization in two big cities in Tokyo and Osaka. In it, Ikebe Sanzan invited Shimei Futabatei and Sokeki, and reformed the campany. It was the first gold time of a newspaper serial novel. Precedence research shows the direction of serial story research from various angles. This study is aimed at 13 pieces of newspaper serial novels first serialized by Asahi Shimbun of the Meiji 40s. And this research analyzes, compares and contrasts the ecriture of a serial story, and shows the direction of research.