The death and beauty in Yukio Mishima : Merimee as his exemplar(〈Special issue〉Translation of literature)

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  • Takagi Masae
    Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies KYUSHU UNIVERSITY

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  • 三島由紀夫における死あるいは美 : 模範としてのメリメ
  • ミシマ ユキオ ニ オケル シ アルイワ ビ モハン ト シテノ メリメ

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Abstract

In his Bunsho-tokuhon, Mishima positions A pearl in Toledo of Prosper Merimee as an exemplar of Western short stories and Mateo Falcone of the same writer as a prototype of classic short stories. Mishima also cited the words of Merimee when he spoke of Hagakure, the thoughts of the samurai Jocho Yamamoto, which was his favorite book before his suicide. In these works of liberalist Merimee, which espouse ancient Greek thought, we can find descriptions of the samurai-spirited (chivalric) death and beauty which Mishima regards as ideals.

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  • Comparatio

    Comparatio 12 44-54, 2008-11-20

    Society of Comparative Culｔural Studies, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University

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