- 著者
 
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             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.