The Studies about Children''s Literature of Ryunosuke Akutagawa

• Main Authors: Sheng-Kai Lin, 林聖凱
• Other Authors: 彭春陽
• Format: Others
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51252166047931620728

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 日本語文學系碩士班 === 97 === This thesis was aimed to investigate the features of Ryunosuke Akutagawa''s literatures for children. In order to found out the common features and differences between texts, firstly, the structural context and the characteristics of the main characters within each story was been identified under detailed analysis. Following the above steps, research then was carried out by examinations through binary opposition theory and trials that appeared within the text. This thesis was consists of six chapters. The introduction chapter includes the research motive, antecedent research, research content, and analytical methods applied. Chapter 1: The summary and the main character movements of each story were been analyzed. This chapter will be focused on the investigation of the structural pattern and imaginative dimension of each story, and clarified features that include the element related to the number “Three” and the reinstatement of the preliminary point. Chapter 2: The main points of chapter two was to examine the characteristics of characters according to each story, which revealed the vital desires of human being and on the other hand, the symbol and existence of the upper class. Chapter 3: The substance of this chapter was to investigate each story texts according to the theory of binary oppositions, which mainly focused on oppositions such as upper class and lower class, good and evil, reality and imagination. Chapter 4: In this chapter, the context and aspects of trials assigned to the main characters according to each tale were being analyzed. Lastly, the main points of each chapter appeared in conclusion as further summed up statements, and the general portrait of Akutagawa''s fairy tale world can be viewed into a much more detailed arrangement.