著者

秦 裕緯 シン ユウイ Qin Yuwei

出版者

熊本大学

雑誌

熊本大学社会文化研究 (ISSN:1348530X)

巻号頁・発行日

no.16, pp.207-218, 2018

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There are a lot of similarities between Patrick Lafcadio Hearn and Natsume Soseki. These two authors are known for both their similar work and experiences. The focus of this study is the images of water in Hearn's retold ghost story Yuki-Onna and Yume-Juya (which is also called Ten Nights Dreams), a series of short pieces by Soseki. The image of water appears frequently and plays an important part in both the two works. However, the expressions of water are different in both stories. There are two similar spaces consisted of the image of water existing in these two stories, which also acts as the connection and boundary to another world. Water plays opposite roles in marriage and mother-child relationship in Yuki-Onna and simultaneously, is an important metaphor between life and death in Yume-jiya. This study compares the similarities and differences by analyzing the two images of water in these two works and tries to clarify how and why they are shaped in these ways.

著者

秦 裕緯 シン ユウイ Qin Yuwei

出版者

熊本大学

雑誌

熊本大学社会文化研究 (ISSN:1348530X)

巻号頁・発行日

no.17, pp.243-253, 2019

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STRAY LEAVES FROM STRANGE LITERATURE is written by Patrick Lafcadio Hearn in New Orleans. LES COULISSES and THE GHOSTLY KISS are two special essays in this work since they share a special scene: the theatre. Which is barely appears in other essays of Hearn. The description of the theatre scenes in these two essays also shares many similarities, such as the association between this the stage and life, which Hearn called "the shining temple" ; and the association between the backstage and "the Unknown World" Correspondingly. The emphasis on the light and shadow also appears in both of the two essays. By analyzing these special ways Hearn describing the theatre we can find a deeper significance inside this scene, which reflects the author's views of life and death, and also exerts a far-reaching influence on the later works after Hearn came to Japan.

著者

秦 裕緯

出版者

熊本大学大学院社会文化科学教育部

雑誌

熊本大学社会文化研究 (ISSN:1348530X)

巻号頁・発行日

no.18, pp.53-63, 2020

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This study is aimed at investigating the images and the memories of mother in the fantastics of Lafcadio Hearn and Natsume Soseki. As is well known, there are many similarities of life experiences, especially childhood experience between Hearn and Soseki. The descriptions of mother in the fantastics of the two writers also show many common features. These commonalities show the influences from childhood experiences to the images of mother in the literature of Hearn and Soseki. To clarify how experiences in childhood shape the images of mother in Hearn and Soseki's writings, this study analysis the relationship between the images of mother and the structure of the time in the article basing on the method of pathology. By elucidating why and how Hearn and Soseki deforms the real memorize of mother, this study would emphasize the importance of mothers' images in the typical image of women in the literature of Hearn and Soseki. Results of this study showes that it would be deeply related to the anxiety and the interest in mysterious.

著者

秦 裕緯

出版者

熊本大学

雑誌

熊本大学社会文化研究 (ISSN:1348530X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.16, pp.207-218, 2018-03-25

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There are a lot of similarities between Patrick Lafcadio Hearn and Natsume Soseki. These two authors are known for both their similar work and experiences. The focus of this study is the images of water in Hearn's retold ghost story Yuki-Onna and Yume-Juya (which is also called Ten Nights Dreams), a series of short pieces by Soseki. The image of water appears frequently and plays an important part in both the two works. However, the expressions of water are different in both stories. There are two similar spaces consisted of the image of water existing in these two stories, which also acts as the connection and boundary to another world. Water plays opposite roles in marriage and mother-child relationship in Yuki-Onna and simultaneously, is an important metaphor between life and death in Yume-jiya. This study compares the similarities and differences by analyzing the two images of water in these two works and tries to clarify how and why they are shaped in these ways.