著者

守谷 亜紀子

出版者

東京女子大学

雑誌

東京女子大学紀要論集 (ISSN:04934350)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.57, no.2, pp.31-50, 2007-03

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Yukio Mishima's Ao no Jidai paints a picture of a young person's life that is ruined. However, the work does not allow the reader to feel the tragedy. Rather, the hero is painted in a humorous way. This is because of the irony in the work. This irony is an important element that influences the world of the story. I analyzed the irony in Ao no Jidai. The irony is a way of making things relative. There are four characteristics of the irony: the indivisibility of two sides, destructiveness, creativity, and escapism and self-defense. In this paper, Ao no Jidai is analyzed on the basis of each characteristic. The analysis shows that the hero is a person alienated from the real world. Moreover, his inner side is described humorously and treated as false. The hero's self-destructive way of life is also ironical. Ao no Jidai is funny and also tragic. It can be said that hero's way of life is tragic, but regarding the human inner side as false is the characteristic irony of this work. The humor in Ao no Jidai is one side of the world of the nothingness which negative irony makes.