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A Study on “Landscape with Flatiron”－Focusing on the Avoidance and Potential Dangers－

  • Journal of Japanese Culture
  • 2017, (75), pp.201-216
  • DOI : 10.21481/jbunka..75.201711.201
  • Publisher : The Japanese Culture Association Of Korea (Jcak)
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : October 9, 2017
  • Accepted : October 27, 2017
  • Published : November 30, 2017

LEE HYE-IN 1,  Yun Hye Young 1

1충남대학교

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ABSTRACT

In this paper, we focused on the aspect of evasion and the dangers experienced by Junko and Miyake, the main characters, in order to concretely investigate messages of self-indulgence inherent in “Landscape with Flatiron” They can say that they are wanderers who have problems with their families and currently live a lonely life in other places. They prefer avoidance to solving their problems. They recall their problems while watching the bonfire, but there is not much improvement. The appearance of Miyake who has been suffering from a nightmare for a long time can be said to be Junko's future which can be predicted when Junko’s avoidance continues. They promise to die together and they think that death will give them eternal comfort; they seek death to try to be fully released from their own troubles. However, as opposed to Junko who falls asleep in the last scene, the words of Miyake, "If the bonfire disappears, it gets cold, if it gets cold, you will wake up." are meaningful. They say that the death of the boy appearing in Jack London's “Bonfire” is "quiet and beautiful" and the phrase "prepare to die" from “Thailand” in order for them to get comforted; this message shows that the problem should be solved properly. From this point of view, the fact that the temporal background of the work is set in February 1995 does not signify that the "earthquake" is opportunity for change. Rather, problems accumulated over the years have begun to appear on the surface; so, it can be said that it was a setting to show one result.

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