일본 고대문학과 개인의 발견―‘나’(我)의 탐구에서 ‘타인’(人)에 대한 이해로―

Abstract

This paper focuses on ‘I’ in diary literature and monogatari literature during the Heian period in Japan. We will consider how one individual tries to write as a way to express ‘I’ from the quest for ‘I’, or deepens self-awareness and broadens the range of recognition for others. Through this, we will look at the discovery of individuals and the emergence of individualism that sprouted in the Middle Ages of the East in the 10th and 11th centuries. In order to think about the discovery of individuals in pre-modern Japan and the process of formation of individualism, we focus on the discovery and writing of in- dividuals in Japanese classical literary texts. In addition, while looking directly at one’s inner landscape and expanding one’s thoughts beyond one’s own frame to understanding others, pay attention to the figuration of characters who re-recognize the relationship between oneself and others. Recognizing one’s position in the group to which one in- dividual belongs, asserting one’s existence, and relighting the relationship with the other person to broaden the range of understanding to others is an oriental individual discovery. The basis for this is the expression of ‘I’ in diary literature or monogatari in Japan’s Heian period, and ‘I’(我) and ‘other person’(人) in contrast to the expression of ‘I and others’(我も人も) can be said.