中国文学作品の中の「慰安婦」像及び現実への批判

Abstract

In discussing the issue of “comfort women”, the lack of historical material has remained an unavoidable topic in the historical community up to now. Moreover, the memory and testimony of the parties involved can not be cited as historical evidence in traditional historical circles, which makes the issue of “comfort women” controversial in East Asia, especially in Korea and Japan. Given these circumstances, this paper starts with the contemporary Chinese literary works and demonstrates the multiple pains suffered by "comfort women" in reality through the validation of the Chinese "comfort women" in the novel and the analysis of their injuries. The subject of this paper is Ye Guangqin's novel Mist published in 2003. In the book, "comfort woman" Zhang Gaoshi suffered not only the sexual violence of the Japanese army, but also discrimination, sexual harassment, and utilization from the local villagers. In addition, modern Japanese people's arrogance, indifference and disrespect on the issue of the Chinese “comfort women” caused multiple injuries to "comfort woman" Zhang Gaoshi. This paper compares the experiences of “comfort woman” Zhang Gaoshi in Mist with those of Chinese “comfort women” in reality. It can be said that the life of “comfort woman” Zhang Gaoshi is to some extent a miniature of the lives of Chinese “comfort women”. While restoring the experience of “comfort women” in China, this article provides us with an opportunity to think and reflect. For “comfort women”, Japanese sexual violence is the origin of multiple injuries which subsequently brings additional harm to them. Everyone who participates in this process may become a new oppressor either consciously or unconsciously. So when we discuss the issue of “comfort women”, we may explore it from more perspectives.