Representations of Mountain Climbing in the Literature of Matsumoto Seicho and Inoue Yasushi : Sonan and Hyohekiin Discourses of Media in 1950s

尹 芷汐, Yin Zhixi

doi:10.18999/juncture.4.146

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松本清張と井上靖の「登山」表象 : 『遭難』と『氷壁』におけるメディアへのまなざし
マツモトセイチョウトイノウエセイノ「トザン」ヒョウショウ : 『ソウナン』ト『ヒョウヘキ』ニオケルメディアエノマナザシ

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Inoue Yasushi's Hyouheki and Matsumoto Seicho's Sonan are two 1950s novels that were influenced by the frequent accidents that occurred during Japan's mountain climbing boom during the same decade. As a sign of Japan's economic upturn, there was a rapid increase in the number of people engaging in mountain climbing in the 1950s. Consequently, mountain climbing became a phenomenon discussed in a variety of discourses found in the mass media and in essays written by alpinists. The differing points-of-view caused a disconnect in these discourses. When a climbing accident happened, it brought on mysteries and those mysteries were perfect material for novel writing. Reading Hyouheki and Sonan as novels that represent the disconnect of climbing discourses between alpinists and media shows how differently Inoue and Matsumoto viewed the climbing boom in Japan as well as their distinct views on the discourses on climbing by media and alpinists. The differences in representations in Hyouheki and Sonan show fundamental differences between Inoue's and Matsumoto's literature.

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JunCture : 超域的日本文化研究

JunCture : 超域的日本文化研究 4 146-156, 2013-03-11

Research Center for Modern & Contemporary Japanese Culture, Nagoya University Graduate School of Letters

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