著者
堀江 珠喜
出版者
渋沢栄一記念財団
雑誌
青淵 (ISSN:09123210)
巻号頁・発行日
no.818, pp.23-25, 2017-05
著者
堀江 珠喜
出版者
日本比較文学会
雑誌
比較文学 (ISSN:04408039)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.27, pp.5-17, 1985-03-31 (Released:2017-06-17)

Yukio Mishima must have got some ideas from The Picture of Dorian Gray to start Forbidden Colors though he did not admit the fact. Oscar Wilde’s influence on this novel is obvious especially in the following two ways. First, the story begins with Yuichi’s recognition of his own beauty after being taught to see himself by Shunsuke. Since then, falling a prey to narcissism, Yuichi has lived as Shunsuke’s work of art. We can find a similar plot in Dorian Gray, where Lord Henry taught Dorian to recognize his own beauty and the significance of youth. Secondly, this understanding of their beauty made both young men wicked and egoistic. They not only entered the world of homosexuality but also became tempters and seduced some innocents. According to Christianity, temptation is the most diabolic of many sinful deeds. In a word, Shunsuke created a seducer with the teaching of beauty as Lord Henry did. But, unlike Lord Henry, Shunsuke’s purpose was revenge on his former girl friends. This is why Mishima developed the story as a psychological novel, while Dorian Gray appeared to be a somewhat gothic novel with wit predictive of Wilde’s comedy of manners.
著者
堀江 珠喜
出版者
渋沢栄一記念財団
雑誌
青淵 (ISSN:09123210)
巻号頁・発行日
no.872, pp.21-23, 2021-11
著者
堀江 珠喜
出版者
渋沢栄一記念財団
雑誌
青淵 (ISSN:09123210)
巻号頁・発行日
no.866, pp.28-30, 2021-05
著者
堀江 珠喜
出版者
渋沢栄一記念財団
雑誌
青淵 (ISSN:09123210)
巻号頁・発行日
no.856, pp.30-32, 2020-07
著者
堀江 珠喜
出版者
渋沢栄一記念財団
雑誌
青淵 (ISSN:09123210)
巻号頁・発行日
no.808, pp.15-17, 2016-07