이부세 마스지(井伏鱒二)의 초기 소설에 나타난 사실(写実) 인식 연구 - 「강(川)」의 문체적 특징을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study focuses on the variability of stylistic expression found in Masuji Ibuse’s “The River”(川) and attempts to examine Ibuse’s awareness of realism at a time when the “New Artistic School”(Shinkō Geijutsuha) was expected to dissolve, while also focusing on the writings concerning the “new” realism by the literary circles in the early Showa period. In “The River”, humour is created through the adaptation of a unique narrative style that anthropomorphizes natural objects while avoiding any empathy towards humans. This narrative style accentuates the physiological and psychological structure of human beings and suggests a fusion between the objective style of naturalist literature and modernist literature, which emphasizes subjectivity while maintaining the “objectification” of humans. “The River” was published at a time when modernist literature, which advocated so-called “ero-guro-nansensu”, was in decline, and the “new” style of writing called “Neo-psychological School”(Shinshinrishugi bungaku) was in the spotlight. The aim of this paper is to shed light on Masuji Ibuse’s receptive approach to the demands of the literary world of the time regarding the “new” realism, by attempting to create a fusion of the old and new realism, and to provide a comprehensive understanding of the versatility of his works.