著者

助川 幸逸郎

出版者

物語研究会

雑誌

物語研究 (ISSN:13481622)

巻号頁・発行日

no.11, pp.68-84, 2011-03-31

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In 1980s, Consumerism was prevailing in Japan. This brought about a tendency of looking at oneself as a special existence and to think that seeking personal pleasure is more sophisticated than trying to reform the society. These changes strengthened the influence of "OLIVE", which is one of the most popular magazines in 80s, and created the boom of French Theory. Monogatari Kenkyukai, or the Association of Narratology aka Monoken, introduced Textual Analysis as one of the methods to criticize the main stream of academic investigation in the early 70s. But, as with the development of consumer society in 80s, the role of Textual Analysis made a change to provide excuses to cover up the fault of one's own reading. It turned out to be impossible for Monoken to monitor overdoing on the establishment side, as few members of this association could realize that the changes had taken place. Nowadays, study of Japanese Literature has begun to collapse as a system. We, the members of Monoken, should reconsider the meaning of Textual Analysis for rebuilding the narratology up in Japan.