A study on the literature of Shohei Ooka including his manuscripts

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370246
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: HANAZAKI Ikuyo 立命館大学, 文学部, 教授 (00259186)
• Research Collaborator: NAITOU Yoshitada 龍谷大学, 講師 (60516813) ; YAHARA Ruri 立命館, 大学院生 ; OKIKAWA Mayuko 立命館, 大学院生 ; KODAMA Akari 立命館大学, 大学院生
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 大岡昇平 / 戦後文学 / 『野火』 / 『花影』 / 草稿研究 / 国文学 / デジタルアーカイブ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In studies on the literature of Shohei Ooka, the study by HANAZAKI,Ikuyo（JSPS KAKENHI Grand Number JP21520217、2009-2012）was the almost only one as a work which brought his manuscripts into perspective. This research was planned as a more comprehensive study on the literature of Shohei Ooka including his manuscripts. As a result, as to “Nobi(Fires on the Plain)”, we showed, using newly found manuscripts ,that the revising the mind of leading character Tamura into ‘telling nobody’ about the fact of killing a Filipino woman, made Tamura’s loneliness and desire for linkage to society more poignant and as to “Kaei(The Shade of Blossoms)”, we proposed a new insight that the deleting the leading character Yoko’s ‘bitter feeling’, made her an isolated　and　independent existence. Through these and other investigations, we inquired the making process in post-WWⅡ period concretely.

Free Research Field

日本文学