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研究発表 『吉里吉里人』における国家形成と主体性の喪失
https://doi.org/10.24619/00002589
https://doi.org/10.24619/00002589960d86f4-d0ae-4aed-904a-80475e5a2b99
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研究発表 『吉里吉里人』における国家形成と主体性の喪失 (8.7 MB)
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| Item type | 会議発表論文 / Conference Paper(1) | |||||
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| 公開日 | 2016-10-07 | |||||
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| タイトル | 研究発表 『吉里吉里人』における国家形成と主体性の喪失 | |||||
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| タイトル | THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NATION IN INOUE HISASHI'S KIRIKIRIJIN AND THE LOSS OF IDENTITY | |||||
| 言語 | en | |||||
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| 言語 | jpn | |||||
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| 資源タイプ識別子 | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794 | |||||
| 資源タイプ | conference paper | |||||
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| ID登録 | 10.24619/00002589 | |||||
| ID登録タイプ | JaLC | |||||
| 著者 |
Robins, Christopher
× Robins, Christopher× ROBINS, Christopher |
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| 内容記述タイプ | Abstract | |||||
| 内容記述 | At the opening of Inoue Hisashi's novel Kirikirijin ("The Kirikirians" Shinchosha 1981), a village in the north-eastern region of Tohoku is attempting to secede from Japan and form an independent state. Once this aim has been accomplished, it takes a mere two days for the newly-formed nation of Kirikiri to collapse. However, within this short period, Inoue depicts a host of characters and locations and poses many provocative questions concerning the processes through which the present Japanese state was formed. The concept of the "nation" (kokka) is a fairly recent one. In his essay "When is a Nation?", Walker Conner warns that "claims that a particular nation existed prior to late nineteenth century should be treated cautiously." The establishment of many nations in the 19th century was inextricably linked with Western Imperialism and global commercial wars. The formation of nations in relatively undeveloped regions was largely due to the increase in national awareness which accompanied resistance against powerful neighbors, or separatist moves to achieve independence from colonialism. The nation of Kirikiri is an example of the latter. Of course, the village of Kirikiri was not a colony as such, but the Kirikirians symbolically regard themselves as a people under foreign rule, and develop a national identity in opposition to the ruling state: Japan. I would like to examine the problems raised by Inoue with respect to the historical formation of the Japanese nation and to earlier colonialism, while concentrating on the main characters in the novel. For instance, the protagonist, Furuhashi Kenji, who acts as a mediator between Japan and Kirikiri, is described as "a model specimen of the middle-aged man." He is thus a typical representative of the modern Japanese. Furuhashi is infatuated with Ave Maria, a beautiful girl who is the symbol of the new nation of Kirikiri. Her physical beauty contrasts sharply with the pitiful figure of the middle-aged Furuhashi. Yet these two characters represent an important aspect of the process of national formation, namely the tendency toward loss of identity. In other words, Ave Maria, who represents the essence of the new national awareness, exists only as an official symbol of the Kirikirians, and her own individual identity is not depicted. Symbolically, she is portrayed as a mere object of display. Alternatively, though Furuhashi gradually becomes a central representative figure of Kirikiri, ultimately he too loses his identity. While explaining this tendency, I intend to consider the formation of nation and national awareness in "The Kirikirians" and the relation of this to the subsequent loss of individual identity. |
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| 書誌情報 |
国際日本文学研究集会会議録 en : PROCEEDINGS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON JAPANESE LITERATURE 号 21, p. 69-80, 発行日 1998-10-01 |
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| 出版者 | 国文学研究資料館 | |||||
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| 収録物識別子 | 0387-7280 | |||||
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