和歌における言霊奉納の発話論的構造 - 西行神祇歌と『禱千手觀音歌』の対照分析-
The Speech-Act Structure of Kotodama Offering inWaka - A Comparative Analysis of Saigyō’s Shinto Waka and Tō Senju Kannon-ka -
This article investigates the speech-act structure of kotodama offering in Japanese waka through the theoretical framework of Austin and Searle. Taking Saigyō’s Shinto waka as its main corpus and comparing them with the hyangga Tō Senju Kannon-ka, it argues that devotional waka developed a distinctive mode of sacred utterance in which words are not primarily used to command or alter divine reality but to be ritually offered before the deity. The analysis shows that the illocutionary force of Saigyō’s Shinto waka is an expressive-assertive composite that combines emotional self-disclosure with ritual dedication. In this structure, poetic language acquires efficacy through offering, reverence, and formal presentation rather than through direct intervention in the sacred realm. In contrast, Tō Senju Kannon-ka is organized around a more active logic of gamtong, in which utterance seeks to elicit divine compassion and effect religious response. Both traditions may be traced back to the common East Asian premise, articulated in the Mao shi da xu, that poetry can “move heaven and earth and stir spirits and gods.” Yet they diverge in opposite directions: Japanese waka develops a dedicatory discourse of kotodama, while Korean hyangga retains a more operative discourse of responsive sacred speech. On this basis, the article proposes a comparative poetics of East Asian ritual song centered on the contrast between kotodama offering and gamtong efficacy.
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.