著者

西田 直敏

出版者

甲南女子大学日本語日本文学会

雑誌

甲南国文 (ISSN:02881403)

巻号頁・発行日

no.47, pp.7-18, 2000-03

著者

西田 直敏

出版者

北海道大學文學部

雑誌

北海道大學文學部紀要 (ISSN:04376668)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.30, no.2, pp.129-191, 1982-03-29

著者

西田 直敏

出版者

甲南女子大学

雑誌

甲南女子大学研究紀要 文学・文化編 (ISSN:1347121X)

巻号頁・発行日

no.39, pp.1-10, 2002

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Natsume Soseki is the greatest and most popular novelist of modern Japan. He published his first novel Wagahai wa neko de aru in 1905. Soseki described this work as a humorous novel. In this paper, I have tried to analyse his humor and rhetoric. To this end, I have pointed out his new and original compounds, such as kakisemei (oyster-teacher), gokurakushugi (paradise-ism) and so on. These compounds cause us amusement. Soseki uses the style of ordinary conversation and strings many words together, as in the following example : "shafu, batei, buraikan, gorotsuki-shosei, hiyatoi-babaa, samba, yoba, anma, tonma ni itaru made" ("from start to finish a rickshaw-man, stableman, rogue, hooligan-scholar, old charwoman, midwife, witch, massagist, ass"). This pattern of expression is typical of his writing. Soseki displays striking originality in his similes and metaphors.Natsume Soseki is the greatest and most popular novelist of modern Japan. He published his first novel Wagahai wa neko de aru in 1905. Soseki described this work as a humorous novel. In this paper, I have tried to analyse his humor and rhetoric. To this end, I have pointed out his new and original compounds, such as kakisemei (oyster-teacher), gokurakushugi (paradise-ism) and so on. These compounds cause us amusement. Soseki uses the style of ordinary conversation and strings many words together, as in the following example : "shafu, batei, buraikan, gorotsuki-shosei, hiyatoi-babaa, samba, yoba, anma, tonma ni itaru made" ("from start to finish a rickshaw-man, stableman, rogue, hooligan-scholar, old charwoman, midwife, witch, massagist, ass"). This pattern of expression is typical of his writing. Soseki displays striking originality in his similes and metaphors.

著者

西田直敏著

出版者

桜楓社

巻号頁・発行日

1979

著者

西田 直敏

出版者

北海道大學文學部 = The Faculty of Letters, Hokkaido University

雑誌

北海道大學文學部紀要 (ISSN:04376668)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.33, no.3, pp.1-49, 1985-03-26