「老いと死をめぐる想像力」序章(I)

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本稿は、「老いと死をめぐる想像力」をテーマとする拙稿を集成した論文の序章の前半にあたる。本稿は、まず、文学者の優れた想像力・洞察力・表現力によって、老いや死の問題を現前化させる力に着目し、文学との「領域横断性」に触れる。主に、旧約聖書の「ヨブ記』とＭ,ヴェーバーの『プロテスタンテイズムの倫理と資本主義の精神」を中心に据え、その後､論文が抱えている4つの課題を提示する。第1の課題、すなわち「なぜ民俗学の素材を使用するのか」が最も重要な位置を占める。というのは､この部分が論文の構成にストレートに関わるからである。他の課題とは､第2に「文学的想像力と社会学的想像力の架橋可能性とは｣、第3に「死者と生者の関係性に着目するとは｣、第4に「ジェンダーの視点では何を具体的に考察するのか」であるが、本稿は第一の民俗学に関わる課題のみを扱う。

This document will serve as the first half of the preface to "Discussion," a collection of my work that addresses the theme of "the power of imagination regarding old age and death." This piece will focus on the power possessed by writers—through outstanding imagination, insight, and expression—to introduce the issues of old age and death to the public and allude to the "cross-disciplinary nature" of literature. Primarily centered on the Old Testament's Book of Job and M. Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Die protestantische Ethik und der 'Geist' des Kapitalismus), I present four questions with which the works in "Discussion" engage with. The first question is "Why use folkloristic materials?" This question occupies the primary position because it is directly related to the structure of the subsequent studies. The other questions include the following: "What is the potential for bridge-building between the literary and sociological power of imagination?" "What does it mean to focus on the relation between the living and the dead?" and "What is specifically considered from the perspective of gender?" However, this document will only concern itself with the first question, which is regarding the study of folklore.

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