Theories of Sympathy in the Literature of Natsume Sōseki, Shimamura Hōgetsu, and Ōnishi Hajime: A Comparison with 18<sup>th</sup> Century Scottish Moral Philosophy

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  • 夏目漱石・島村抱月・大西祝における「同情」の文学論
  • 夏目漱石・島村抱月・大西祝における「同情」の文学論 : 一八世紀西洋道徳哲学の《sympathy》を視座として
  • ナツメ ソウセキ ・ シマムラホウゲツ ・ オオニシシュク ニ オケル 「 ドウジョウ 」 ノ ブンガクロン : イチハチセイキ セイヨウ ドウトク テツガク ノ 《 sympathy 》 オ シザ ト シテ
  • ――一八世紀西洋道徳哲学の《sympathy》を視座として――

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<p>This paper examines the Meiji era literary criticism and theories of Natsume Sōseki, Shimamura Hōgetsu, and Ōnishi Hajime from the perspective of dōjō (同情). Their literary texts share dōjō as a key concept, containing two principles, “sympathetic imagination,” and “sympathetic fairness.” The former implies psychic unity between oneself and others, while the latter refers to the fair judgement and evaluation of one's own words and actions, as well as those of others. My hypothesis is that the concept of dōjō, containing these two principles, was reconstructed and given new meaning through contact with the theory of “sympathy” in 18th century Scottish moral philosophy, particularly that of Adam Smith, to whom it was a key concept. I also clarify the features of dōjō in each of these writers, and the differences among them. Each of the three formed his own theory of literary sympathy in response to the literary and social conditions of the Meiji era from the 20s through the 40s (1887-1912).</p>

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