오에 겐자부로의 「사육」과야마다 에이미의 「베드타임 아이즈」 비교 -흑인 남성에 대한 묘사를 중심으로-

Abstract

Kenzaburo Oe’s 「Shiiku」(1958) and Eimi Yamada’s 「Bedtime eyes」(1985)were released in different period. However, they have common thread and a similarcharacter of a black man in both novels. Black men were described as a war prisoner in 「Shiiku」, and a deserter in「Bedtime eyes」. They faced an extreme situation and fall into despair. The peoplewho looked after black man are a boy in 「Shiiku」 and an young woman in「Bedtime eyes」. The boy and the young woman, both of them felt lonely andhopeless, sometimes they were discriminated by other peoples in society. Thosesituations made a close bond of affection between a black man and a boy(or anyoung woman). What is more, a black man’s attractive physical appearance was described in bothnovels. But the main characters of a boy and an young woman regard a black manas a beast like a goat or hunting dog not human being, and they were eager to havea black man. As a result, a main character and the black man of 「Shiiku」 (and 「Bedtimeeyes」) had a close relationship due to the extreme environment and possessiveinstinct. In other words, the black man was depicted to emerge main character’sdesperate circumstance. But the writers’s viewpoint about a black man still remainedas a problem to think about.