『겐지 모노가타리(源氏物語)』에 나타난 음주로 발현되는 행동유형

Abstract

This study analyzed the behavioral types revealed by drinking in 『The Tale of Genji』, along with specific examples. In particular, we focused on the three behaviors that are related to art connoisseurship, tears, and events. In the drinking party, many people consider themselves art connoisseurs and use this to reveal their inner mind. There is also a drinking behavior in which they share glasses, usually in order of status. Tears shed at a drinking party tend to be a method of expressing complex emotions: it is often expressed by remembering the past or comparing the emotions of the past to the present. Events occurred due to the drinking behavior of characters create an opportunity to reorganize relationships and for the story to move to a new time and space. It induces the rapid development of the story and acts as a literary technique to shift the story from the present to the future. We examine the role of behaviors revealed during the drinking party of 『The Tale of Genji』. We found that the behavior of art connoisseurship is to represent the “present,” The behavior of shedding tears is to discuss the “past” of characters, and the event is a literary device for sending characters to the “future.”