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A Study on Shimazaki Toson’s “Bihuu”

  • 日本硏究
  • 2014, (37), pp.169-188
  • Publisher : The Center for Japanese Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Published : August 20, 2014

Tae Kyun Yim 1

1성결대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper analyses the message of the new life in a “Syuppatu” described at Toson’s 4th collection of short stories “Bihuu”. First, it explores about the meaning of the wall clock described in that work, It turned out that it is functioning as a metaphor which is the representation of the past married life since it says that it is a wife’s keepsake in which it passed away, and symbolizes an uncle’s present life. Moreover, it can be interpreted as the start having multistory implications a new start called marriage of Osetsu, and an uncle’s new start in a novel “Syuppatu”. Although the “Syuppatu” escapes the restraint called ‘Ice of Life’ and suggests the new way of self-help, there, it traced that the posture as an observer who has bound himself for a long time was thrown away, and the writer who tried to find out a hope of new life was reflected. It should be observed that the “Bihuu” is the collection of short stories announced at the time which Toson who faced the life crisis what is called of ‘The Incident of the New Life’ chose the escape journey to France. Especially, it seems that “Syuppatu” is a work of representing “Bihuu”. At the same time, it has a point of contact in a various field with works which announced almost simultaneously, such as “Ie”, “Shinsei”, “Umie”, and “Arashi”.

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