The novel, 「God of the Boy」 was written right after the end of World War I. Differences of values and the way of thinking or acting could be found in the characters; Senkichi, Congressman A, general manager, owner of a street vendor and so on. Even if it is difficult to go above or beyond one’s own social status, realizing his or her potentials is the starting point of understanding those from other classes. By the term, understanding, it requires actively helping out others. A’s attitude to the boy is passive at first, but does not lose the opportunity and puts it in action. When A met Senkichi by chance, he does not reveal himself but instead buys the boy sushi. Even though he did a good thing, A feels empty and weird as if he has done something bad. Senkichi’s upper curve of his happy and appreciating mind intersects with A’s downward curve of lonely and empty mind. Senkichi’s simple way of thinking and A’s complicated mind is contrasted which can be interpreted as A’s pride and timid attitude coexisting in the inside. This is A’s search for his own self identity and the conflict between what is shown about him in the outside and what is hidden beneath the surface. I believe the boy’s naiveness and A’s confusion in the inside clearly shows the wish to restore humane bond between person to person.
한국일본언어문화학회 [Japanese Language & Culture Association of Korea]
설립연도
2001
분야
인문학>일본어와문학
소개
본 학회는 일본어학 및 일본문학은 물론, 일본의 정치, 경제, 문화, 사회 등의 일본학 전반에 걸친 연구 및 일본의 언어, 문화를 매체로 한 한국과의 비교 연구를 대상으로 하고 있다. 본 학회는 회원들에게 연구 발표 및 정보 교환의 기회를 부여하고 나아가 한국에서의 바람직한 일본 연구 자세를 확립하는 것을 주된 목표로 하고 있다.