大石真作品における「成長」表現の研究 - 「パパという虫」を中心に -

Abstract

The present study primarily examines Papa-toiu Mushi, Makoto Oishi’s (1975) short story, in order to reveal its characteristics. Most previous studies have pointed out the unique “realism” of Makoto Oishi’s work, but few attempts have been made to explicate its actual content. Further, these previous studies seem to overlook its fictionality. In this article, then, I take up Papa-toiu Mushi, where a fiction-based narrative story develops, and clarify its narrative structure in accordance with its narrative flow. In this short story, the narrator “boku,” a 5th grade student, talks about his future concerns, his antipathy against his father, and so on. This work, however, does not just describe a conflict, but it also portrays the developmental path of “boku,” whose father, or “papa,” suddenly became smaller one day. His development, as described in Papa-toiu Mushi, is not a bright one, but something obligatorily brought out by his anxiety and suffering.