Tayama Katai is the leading author of Japanese naturalist literature, which combined the Western naturalist theory with the influence of traditional Japanese literature and built his own literary world. In his works, nature appears as an important element closely related to human emotions and lives beyond simple backgrounds. His masterpiece, ‘The Last of the Zuemon’, is a mixture of naturalistic elements and traditional Japanese travelogues, showing an attempt to explore the relationship between nature and humans. In particular, in ‘The Rural Teacher’, nature that reflects the life and pain of the protagonist appears, suggesting his frustration and death through natural descriptions. In addition, travelogues such as ‘ManSeon HaengRak’, awe of nature and other people’s eyes on colonial Choseon are mixed and depicted. While accepting Western naturalist theories, Katai’s literature inherited the view of nature of traditional Japanese literature and formed an independent art world that expresses the fusion of nature and humans. In particular, his later works explore the view of nature in which humans and nature converge through “I and Nature-convergence” based on Buddhist ideas, and his literary world occupies an important place in the history of Japanese literature that deserves re-examination.
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.