This paper discusses Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Genkaku Sanbo (first appearance in in “Chuo Koron”) with a focus on a space called “hanare” that appears in the work. In Akutagawa’s literature, there are often descriptions of a gloomy and damp space called “sumikko” (corner). “Hanare” in Genkaku Sanbo is a type of “sumikko.” It is said to function as a place that represents a mother’s womb in topology. We can say that the lead character, who is bedridden due to illness, is also in a womb-like space (hanare). It may be a space that represents a mother’s womb, but this work is distinctive in the way it uses motherhood in a “negative” sense. The lead character is confined to a bed in “hanare” (womb), becomes weak, and eventually dies. All this while he is being indirectly harassed by named Kono, with a sadistic nature. Traditional studies argue that this work “depicts a more hellish world than hell itself” or “portrays Akutagawa’s somber imagined scenery in the last stage of his life.” But this “hellish” world may have been derived from the “misogyny” motif seen in Haguruma and Kappa.
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]