하기와라 사쿠타로(萩原朔太郎)의 『빙도(氷島)』와 ‘퇴각(Retreat)’

Abstract

In this article, we analyze Sakutaro Hagiwara’s sixth collection of poems, “Ice Island.” This work is organized in such a way that one writes about facts in a diary. Taking into account this style of writing, we concentrate on the collapse of family as seen in those who live in cities during the modern times, who are conceptualized as the poetic subject, and attempt to reveal the way in which self objectification is represented in the work. This attempt is conducted by comparing four love themed poems with poems featuring the “collapse of family,” a representative keyword in the collection of poems. Another distinctive feature of “Ice Island” concerns formal aspects. Sakutaro is considered the master of colloquial free verses, but the poem collection damaged his reputation in the literature field due to the kanji based‐written‐language style of the work. The question, then, is why Sakutaro employed such a style despite its risk. An inquiry into this issue, we believe, will largely help us to identify substantial values of “Ice Island.”