"The Child of Urashima Is Thoughtless" : Truth and Fiction in Genji-monogatari(<Special Issue>The Tradition of Un-Genji-monogatari)

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  • <浦島の子が心地なん>考 : 『源氏物語』における虚構の真実をめぐって(<特集><非源氏的なもの>の系譜)
  • 〈浦島の子が心地なん〉考--『源氏物語』における虚構の真実をめぐって
  • ウラシマ ノ コ ガ ココチ ナン コウ ゲンジ モノガタリ ニ オケル キョコウ ノ シンジツ オ メグッテ

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The legend of the Child of Urashima, which originated from Nihon-shoki, has worked as a kind of proto-text in Japanese literature. When the legend is used in Genji-monogatari, a subtle interaction between narrative and history brings about the "truth in fiction." In adapting the legend for her own story, Murasaki-Shikibu more often turned to the annotations and interpretations of Nihon-shoki than the chronicle itself. She did so because her intention was not to write a prosaic description of history but to show the truth behind historical phenomena.

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