미시마 유키오의 시니시즘에 대한 고찰 - 초기 단편소설을 중심으로 - (A Study on the Cynicism of Yukio Mishima - Focusing on Early Short Story -)

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· 발행기관 : 일본어문학회
· 수록지 정보 : 일본어문학 / 85호 / 285 ~ 303페이지
· 저자명 : 장홍규

초록

『親切の機械』の作品では、この小説の主要テーマとして取り上げている 殺人事件と小説の末尾に付けた百貨店の鴬鳥の盗難事件を対比させながら主題の屈折をもたらす方法のシニシズムを扱っている。これは、三島由紀夫が述べているように、果たして「末尾の数行のシニシズムは、粋なつもりでくっつけたもの」として書かれたものだろうか。そうではない。シニシズムは三島由紀夫のある時期には、自分の文学の基調を決定する発想であり、方法であったと考えられる。もちろん、「シニシズム」は三島由紀夫の文学において陰と陽に渡り作用したものであるが、シニシズムの問題は三島由紀夫としては「感受性」の問題、古典主義の問題などと因果関係につながっている。そうした方法は、現実を斜めに裁断して短編小説に形式を与えるというシニシズムの典型的な姿が、彼の作品の『火山の休暇』と『死の島』、そして『旅の墓碑銘』を通していかに作用し変貌していったのかを探ってみることとする。『火山の休暇』では、次郎の「悲日常性」と文明批評的な姿として、『死の島』では次郎の自覚によるシニシズムの廃棄、そして『旅の墓碑銘』では語り手である次郎が「私」という客観化された人物として登場してシニシズムは変貌をなしていく。三島由紀夫の文学において、シニシズムの考察は彼の文学のある時期の独創的特質を明らかにする基礎的な作業でもある。

영어초록

The novel A Kind Machine deals with cynicism which is triggered by the contrast between a case of murder, which is the main topic of the novel, and a burglary of a bush warbler in a department store, which is narrated at the end of the story. The questions is, as Yukio Mishima said, whether ‘a few words of cynism shown at the end of the novel is nothing but an act of fun.’ I would say it is not. For Mishima, the cynicism is thought to be a tool that determined the view, as well as the methods, of his literary works. The cynicism in Mishima’s works not only represents the concept of yin and yang, but also relates to various types of causal relationship involving the notions of ‘sensitivity’ and ‘classicism.’ His idea of cynicism is reflected in his short stories in which he described a slanted view on reality. Focusing on three short stories, ‘The Vacation of a Volcano,’ ‘The Island of Death,’ and ‘An Epitaph of a Travel,’ I would like to discuss how he applied or transformed his cynicism. First, I would suggest that in ‘The Vacation of a Volcano,’ the cynicism appears as both the image of Ziro’s view of everyday life and a criticism on civilization. Also, in both ‘The Island of Death’ and ‘An Epitaph of a Travel,’ the cynicism is transformed, being discarded as a result of Ziro’s self‐consciousness in the former, and Zino, the narrator, appearing in the form of an objectified first person ‘I’ in the latter. It should be noted, as I conclude, considering cynicism in Mishima’s works serves as a foundation for any research on his ingenious aspects of his literature in any period.

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