夏目漱石作品中呈現之東方與西方－以《三四郎》為例

The East and the West as Portrayed in Natsume Soseki's Works : Using ＂Sanshiro＂ as an Example

范淑文(Shu-Wen Fan)

《臺大東亞文化研究》 1期 (2013/06) Pp. 95-104

https://doi.org/10.6579/NJEAC.2014.1.7

摘要

日本家喩戶曉的作家夏目漱石除涉獵日本古典文學、熟讀漢籍外，大學主修英國文學，畢業時曾將日本中世文學經典《方丈記》譯成英文，之後又於明治33年以文部省公費留學生身分赴英專攻英國文學。擁有如此教育背景之漱石在日後文學創作中如何在東、西方之中取得平衡點？一直是他思索之問題，尤其早期作品中這種色彩更為濃厚。本文以漱石早期作品《三四郎》為探討文本，針對九州出身之主角三四郎在作品中如何面對大都會之近代化、受到近代化之何種衝擊等問題作一番探討。作品中所呈現之近代化，可由都會建築、交通等硬體方面，與三四郎接觸之人物造型及其思想、青年男女之交往方式等方面進行探討，進而對當時作者內心目之東、西方之地位有所詮釋。

關鍵字

三四郎 ； 東方 ； 西方 ； 近代化

並列摘要

Renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki was not only well schooled in Japanese and Chinese classics, he also majored in English literature in university, and had translated the medieval Japanese classic ＂Houjouki＂ into English by the time he graduated. Later, in 1900, he went abroad to Britain on government scholarship to continue his study of English literature. With this educational background, finding the balance between the East and the West in literary creation naturally became one of Soseki's main concerns. This is especially prominent in his earlier works. This paper will focus on one of Soseki's earlier works ＂Sanshiro,＂ and discuss questions such as how the protagonist Sanshiro, having been born in Kyushu, came to face the modernization of a major metropolis, and how this modernization impacted the protagonist. Modernization, as portrayed in the novel, can be represented by the architecture and transportation of this new metropolis. However, one can also discuss the portrayal of modernization through the characters of people Sanshiro comes into contact with, their thoughts, and the way young men and women interact. Through this analysis, one can gain insight as to how Soseki viewed the East and the West during this time.

並列關鍵字

Sanshiro ； the East ； the West ； modernization