著者

追立 祐嗣

出版者

沖縄国際大学

雑誌

沖縄国際大学外国語研究 (ISSN:1343070X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.9, no.2, pp.A1-26, 2006-03-31

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This paper demonstrates the similarities between some works in African-American literature and those in Okinawan literature. First, Langston Hughes's "Professor" and Tatsuhiro Oshiro's "Cocktail Party" show the protagonists' double consciousness or mask-wearing which W.E.B. DuBois regarded "sickness"; and in "Cocktail Party," the problem of sexuality is shown in the similarly way as in Richard Wright's Native Son. Secondly, Ralph Ellison's "Flying Home" and Eiki Matayoshi's "Buta-no-Mukui" show the symbolism of local culture: "buzzard" plays an important role for the protagonist's establishment of self identity in "Flying Home," so does "pig" in "Buta-no-Mukui." Thirdly, Toni Morrison's Beloved and Shun Medoruma's "Suiteki" use the surrealistic technique, which is quite effective for the themes of "the conversation with the dead" and "the reconstruction of history."

著者

追立 祐嗣

出版者

沖縄国際大学外国語学会

雑誌

沖縄国際大学外国語研究 (ISSN:1343070X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.16, pp.15-25, 2012-09