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広島大学大学院人間社会科学研究科紀要. 教育学研究 2 号
2021-12-23 発行
トムヤンティ『メナムの残照』におけるジャポニズム : 「先進国男性 - オリエント女性」の構図をめぐって
Japonism in Thommayanti’s Sunset at Chaophraya: Focusing on the Composition of ‘Man from Developed Country - Woman from the Orient’
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Abstract
Sunset at Chaophraya (Khu Kam) is a well-known novel about Japan written in Thai by the Thai author Thommayanti in 1965-1969. Set in Bangkok during World War II, the novel tells the tragic love story of Kobori, a Japanese soldier, and Angsumarin, a Thai woman. In this study, I analyze elements of Japonism in Sunset at Chaophraya by focusing on the composition of the‘ man from developed country—woman from the Orient’ dynamic to explore Thailand’s national image via the mirror theory. Four elements of Japonism are discussed: 1) The concept of the man from developed country improving the woman from the Orient. 2) The image of Japan, Musume, and Samurai, particularly the change in the Samurai’s image from savage to protector. 3) The motif of the intelligent Oriental woman trusted by the man from developed country. 4) The aspects of Kobori and Angsumarin’s location emphasize the Orient’s timelessness and exoticism, and that the man from developed country is assimilated into the life of the woman from the Orient. These elements, the dilution of Kobori’s ‘Japaneseness’, and Angsumarin’s pride as a Thai national, construct Japan and Thailand’s equal position, which indicates Thommayanti’s perception of the Thai nation.
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著者キーワード
Thommayanti
Japanism
Japanese Representation
Thai Literature
トムヤンティ
ジャポニズム
日本表象
タイ文学
権利情報
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