다자이 오사무(太宰治) 중기작품에 나타난 복장 고찰

Abstract

This study examines Literature of the middle of Osamu Dazai, especially in the relationship with Clothes and Apparence on a equivocal aspect of the human about the inner and outward appearance of the world. Then, this paper had researched about the meaning of clothes in the process of others-awareness from a self-consciousness discovery. First of all, a protagonist is seriously aware of apparence by himself through pieces of work, and he feels a sense of inferiority. In other words, it is a meaning of being sensitive from‘seeing.’The clothes are mediators that play a role as a link between inner and outward appearance of human; thus, a protagonist starts being aware of others gradually. As following, human being is conscious of self-awareness and others. Thus, it is better not to avoid such these interesting materials in order for Dazai’s special feature of workA distinctive material of this novel introduces selfish feature of human who choose to wear fake masks for others good, rather than recognizing and respecting one’s pureness of inside. Finally, modern society unfortunately changes in a way others like as well as current social condition is too appearance-oriented. Senryu from this novel gives meaningful messages to modern people.