일본 전후문학과 아시아·아프리카작가회의 -국민문학론에서 제3세계문학론으로의 궤적-

Abstract

This article focuses on the transition from National Literature[Kokumin bungaku ron] to the Afro-Asian Writers' Conference movement (hereinafter abbreviated as AA Writers' Conference movement), which has been overlooked in the history of postwar Japanese literature, from the following two perspectives. First, I clarified the relationship between Kokumin bungaku ron and the literary movement of the AA Writers' Conference. Until recently, from Kokumin bungaku ron to the Afro-Asian Writers' Conference were more distinguished than similarities. It is a result of simplifying Kokumin bungaku ron as nationalism and the AA Writers' Conference Literature Movement as internationalism; however, the two shares internationalism which had emerged in the third world nations after the Second World War. Second, I delineated the meaning of Yoshie Hotta's commitment to the AA Writers' Literary Movement, focusing on its relation to Third World Literature. As the Cold War confrontation became increasingly serious, Hotta envisioned a new thoughts for Japan by placing Asia and Africa at the center of his thoughts. In short, Hotta sought to break free from the Cold War by positioning Japan as a part of the Third World. As described above, in order to deeply understand the development of Kokumin bungaku ron, it is necessary to consider its relation to the AA Writers' Literary Movement. It is also an effective way to draw the AA Writers' Literature Movement from the Postwar Japanese literature.