野上弥生子の明治期文学への考察－写生文から小説的作法への変遷を中心として－

Abstract

Nogami Yaeko made her debut in the literary world by publishing 「Enisi」 to 『Hototogisu』 in the Meiji 40 years. After then, she published 19 works, among the 28 works published until the Meiji 45 years, in 『Hototogisu』 and moved to other journals leaving 『Hototogisu』 in the Taisho period at last. When she was recommended to write a nature sketch through observation by Natsume Soseki, she began to concentrate on writing nature sketch-styled short stories and established her initial world of artwork. When it comes to theme, she consistently depicted love, marriage, and romance for women influenced by iye(home) ethics rather than focusing on gentility or ego-centrism. The works in the Meiji period are characterized by the fact that materials are taken from the home of others including parents and relatives to draw the home in the old times and her own home is described as being positive and healthy as a cultural and improving modern house. This suggests that ideological democratism and aristocratism as life feeling, as two major characteristics of Taisho Liberalism sprouted from here. it is needless to say that her family values would be based on the education she received from the Meiji girls’ school where she graduated. Iwamoto Yosiharu’s teaching aiming at destroying iye(home) which was based on confucian status relationship and accepting 「Sweet Home」 which was based on modernistic causal relationship bore fruit within her real life after childbirth.