Nankichi Niimi's “Kitsune” as Teaching Material: The Narrator's Image of Mother

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  • 新美南吉「狐」の教材価値
  • 新美南吉「狐」の教材価値 : 母を語る眼差し
  • ニイミ ミナミキチ 「 キツネ 」 ノ キョウザイ カチ : ハハ オ カタル マナザシ
  • ――母を語る眼差し――

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<p>Minoru Tanaka says that as we are absolutely alienated from exterior things surrounding us, we have devised the “third term” called the text by which to have access to them. As an attempt to apply his theory for the teaching of kokugo, in my class I read Nankichi Niimi's “Kitsune” as an instance of the third term. In so doing I focus on the narration of the sixth chapter which is very subjective unlike the omniscient narration in other chapters. There the narrator talks about his mother, but his discourse isn't built on any common image of affectionate mother. Thus “mother” signifies nothing extra-linguistic yet represents the object through the effect of the third term.</p>

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  • Japanese Literature

    Japanese Literature 63 (8), 25-35, 2014-08-10

    Japanese Literature Association

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