Osamu Dazai’s “Grasshopper”is a work based on the motive of ‘Anti-custom Spirit’ and is evaluated as illustrating the self-criticism on the popularization of the writer himself. However, at the same time, the work is criticized for easy or soft expressions on such theme causing controversial evaluations as well. Such controversial evaluations are based on attempts to read the story focusing on “husband” reminding the writer and failures to understand various timely arguments contained in the story. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the work from the point of the woman, the speaker of story and review the story referencing contexts in the same era. In 1940s, the decade when the work was written, “New System Movement” was under progression. This movement promoted the unification of the national citizen’s spirit under the totalitarianism while excluding the individualism and the liberalism causing obstacles for the war basis. Dazai expresses his values for the movement through his work“Grasshopper”. The main character who has values of the individualism and the liberalism criticizes her husband who blindly follows the trend and announces to separate from him. Such story of work shows the writer’s critical view against the totalitarianism. Also, the main character has contradictory female images simultaneously as a self-centric woman and a poor but honest woman required by the time. But, the writer has revealed this was a strategy to avoid the censorship.
한국일본근대학회 [The Japanese Modern Association of Korea]
설립연도
1999
분야
인문학>일본어와문학
소개
본 학회는 한국, 일본의 문학 및, 어학, 문화, 사상, 역사 등 여러 분야의 연구자 및 대학원생의 연구성과에 관한 자유로운 발표, 토론을 통해 학문발전과 학술교류를 행하고자하는 목적에서 설립되었다.
따라서 본 회는 이러한 목적을 달성하기 위해 학술연구발표회 및 연구회와 학술지 발간, 국내외 관련 학계와의 학술교류, 관련정보의 구축 및 제공 등의 사업을 실시하고 있다.
간행물
간행물명
일본근대학연구 [ILBON KUNDAEHAK YUNGU ; The Journal of Korean Association of Modern Japanology]