著者

追立 祐嗣

出版者

沖縄国際大学

雑誌

沖縄国際大学外国語研究 (ISSN:1343070X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.9, no.2, pp.A1-26, 2006-03-31

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This paper demonstrates the similarities between some works in African-American literature and those in Okinawan literature. First, Langston Hughes's "Professor" and Tatsuhiro Oshiro's "Cocktail Party" show the protagonists' double consciousness or mask-wearing which W.E.B. DuBois regarded "sickness"; and in "Cocktail Party," the problem of sexuality is shown in the similarly way as in Richard Wright's Native Son. Secondly, Ralph Ellison's "Flying Home" and Eiki Matayoshi's "Buta-no-Mukui" show the symbolism of local culture: "buzzard" plays an important role for the protagonist's establishment of self identity in "Flying Home," so does "pig" in "Buta-no-Mukui." Thirdly, Toni Morrison's Beloved and Shun Medoruma's "Suiteki" use the surrealistic technique, which is quite effective for the themes of "the conversation with the dead" and "the reconstruction of history."