- 期刊
川端文学の「救済性」について－掌の小説における「因習の解脱」を中心に－
探討川端文學的救贖性－以掌中小說「習性的解脫」為中心－｜Exploring the Redemption of Kawabata Literature: Focusing on the Palm-of-the-Hand Stories "The Liberation of Habit"
摘要
川端文学は虚無感に富んでおり、その虚無感をさらに伝統的な美意識に昇華されて独特な文学世界を構築できたとよく見なされる。本研究は以上の主流的な論点から転じて、川端文学の救済性に重点を置くことを目的とする。具体的に言えば、「因習の解脱」という、如何に人生の様々な束縛から抜け出せるかという議題について探ろうとするものである。大正14年から昭和4年ごろまでの作品を中心に、9篇を選び出して探究することにする。そして、「家庭．土地からの解放」と、「制度概念からの解脱」という二つに分類して、川端はどのような「因習」に目を付けて、どのようにして、そこから解脱するかと探究したいのである。最後は、この「因習の解脱」と川端の思想との関わりにも触れたい。それは、もっとも主流的な観点の「万物一如．輪廻転生」という思想のほかに、小説の現代的意義と「救済」との関連性、社会問題の捉え方という三つの角度から掌の小説における「因習の解脱」の在り方を論じたのである。
並列摘要
川端文学常被視為充滿虛無感，以此虛無感昇華為傳統的美意識，因而建構了獨特的文學世界。而本研究是從上述這個主流論點轉向，關注到川端文學的救贖性質。例如，如何從天災中找回希望，或者是從對親人的死亡的悲傷中找到撫慰。而本研究要從日常生活中尋找。例如如何擺脫社會制約、習性。本研究特別鎖定川端作品中的短篇作品（掌中小說）作為探討的對象。理由是川端作品中掌中小說為數眾多，且在習性的糾纏及與之的戰鬥上，都可以從掌中小說顯露出來。本研究特別挑選在大正末期到昭和初期的9篇作品，分為「從家庭與土地中解放出來」及「從生活習性解脫出來」等兩個方向來進行分析。而此文學主題與川端文學的理念有何關聯性也是本研究的探討重點。其一自然是已成研究主流的「萬物一如．輪迴轉生」的思想，再者是川端所主張的當代小說的意義，最後則是川端文學中對社會議題的回應方式。｜Kawabata literature has often been regarded as full of nothingness, which has been sublimated into a traditional sense of beauty, and thus has constructed a unique literary world. This study turns from this mainstream argument to focus on the redemptive nature of Kawabata's literature. For example, how to find hope in a natural disaster, or to find comfort in the grief over the death of a loved one. This study, however, looks at everyday life. For example, how to get rid of social constraints and habits. In particular, this study focuses on the Palm-of-the-Hand Stories in Kawabata's works. The reason for this is that there are many of these novels in Kawabata's works, and the entanglement and struggle with the habit can be revealed in the novels. The nine works were selected for analysis in two directions: "Freedom from the family and the land" and "Freedom from the habits of life. The study also focuses on how this literary theme relates to the philosophy of Kawabata literature. The first is the idea of "everything is the same and reincarnation" that has become the mainstream of research, the second is the meaning of contemporary fiction as advocated by Kawabata, and the last is the way Kawabata's literature responds to social issues.｜Kawabata literature has often been regarded as full of nothingness, which has been sublimated into a traditional sense of beauty, and thus has constructed a unique literary world. This study turns from this mainstream argument to focus on the redemptive nature of Kawabata's literature. For example, how to find hope in a natural disaster, or to find comfort in the grief over the death of a loved one. This study, however, looks at everyday life. For example, how to get rid of social constraints and habits. In particular, this study focuses on the Palm-of-the-Hand Stories in Kawabata's works. The reason for this is that there are many of these novels in Kawabata's works, and the entanglement and struggle with the habit can be revealed in the novels. The nine works were selected for analysis in two directions: "Freedom from the family and the land" and "Freedom from the habits of life. The study also focuses on how this literary theme relates to the philosophy of Kawabata literature. The first is the idea of "everything is the same and reincarnation" that has become the mainstream of research, the second is the meaning of contemporary fiction as advocated by Kawabata, and the last is the way Kawabata's literature responds to social issues.