| Summary: | 碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 日本語文學系 === 94 === The main focus of this thesis is the character WATAKUSHI in NATSUMESOSEKI’s masterpiece “KOKORO” This thesis is based on the second part of the book named “CHYU” which describes WATAKUSHI’s interaction with his parents, and the major purpose is to discuss the “home” theme in this masterpiece. Literature review reveals that related studies of “KOKORO” in recent years were focused on the first and third part of the work. The author of this thesis looked into the publication, background and the nature of the content to inspect the position and importance of WATAKUSHI under the multi-layers of the masterpiece. At the same time, the author made the symbolized “home” image in the work the center of this study.The second part of the work describes the relationship between 私 and his family. The readers can conceive the concept which “hometown” equals “home” in the masterpiece. In addition, the reason that SENSEI and K’s leaving home (leaving their hometown behind) in the second part of the work is financial problem. The ideal image of “home” for each of them was derived from analyzing their reasons of leaving.During SENSEI and K’s inhabitation, the feminine family originally formed by the daughter SHIZU and the mother OKUSAN has transformed into a mutation home which has no ties of blood. In this thesis, their unique relationship and the last straw which leads to collapse were discussed. After the death of K and OKUSAN, SENSEI and SHIZU formed a family with only a couple. Their relationship also changed after WATAKUSHI lived with them. The second mutation home in this study is the one which is constituted by three people, WATAKUSHI, SENSEI and SHIZU. The inheritance problem in each family in NATSUMESOSEKI’s masterpiece “KOKORO” are traditionally from father to son. However, the fifth mutation home seems to imply that the female character SHIZU is the inheritance. In the work “KOKORO”, what is the role of female characters in the home? The study of sex issue would be a good topic in future research.
|
|---|
