著者

加島 正浩 KASHIMA Masahiro

出版者

名古屋大学大学院人文学研究科附属超域文化社会センター

雑誌

JunCture : 超域的日本文化研究 (ISSN:18844766)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.11, pp.190-192, 2020-03-26

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木村文洋監督作『息衝く』上映 日時:2019年10月3日(木), 会場:名古屋大学人文学研究科棟1階130号室

著者

加島 正浩 KASHIMA Masahiro

出版者

名古屋大学大学院文学研究科附属「アジアの中の日本文化」研究センター

雑誌

JunCture : 超域的日本文化研究 (ISSN:18844766)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.8, pp.180-193, 2017-03-17

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The purpose of this article is to determine the significance of literature on the Great East Japan Earthquake written by authors who do not belong to one of the affected parties. It does so by analyzing a novel depicting the Great East Japan Earthquake, focusing on the relationship between Tokyo and the affected area. Immediately after the earthquake, when the threat of radioactive substances spreading to Tokyo loomed large, the author of this novel was able to write as one of the affected. However, later it became difficult for the author to write about the disaster as the impact of such first-hand accounts began to wear thin. This was due to consideration for the affected parties, who continued to live in Fukushima after the disaster. However, as this article argues, excessive consideration for the affected parties distracts people from realizing the true state of affairs in Japan, and when those other than the affected parties are discouraged from speaking out, it causes feelings of indifference and accelerates the “wearing thin” of the impact, ultimately forcing the affected area to take care of the problem on its own. The affected parties, who had to focus on restoring their everyday lives after the disaster, could not fight against this “wearing thin” of the impact. However, others could. Thus, writers who write about the earthquake disaster with due care are fulfilling their part.