“A Little Cloud”論－憂愁という名の牢獄

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  • A Prison Named Melancholy: A Study of Joyce's "A Little Cloud"
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A Little Cloud は､Dubliners15篇の中で14番目に書かれた作品であり､これまでもさまざまに論じられてきた｡しかし､Dublinersの他の作品同様に､読みの可能性は際限なく広がっている｡そこにはすぐれた芸術作品が持つambiguityがあり､同時にそれはJames Joyceの作家的方法論とも言うべきものだからである｡また､この作品については､Joyce自身が､｢"A Little Cloud" の1頁はこれまで書いた詩を全部合わせたよりも私に喜びを与えてくれる｣と弟への手紙に書いている｡しかし､その理由は示されていない｡本稿では､登場人物の心理や人物像の分析というオーソドックスな手法を取りつつ､伝記的事実からの推測も交えて､その理由を探ってみた｡その過程が､この作品の解釈に異なった側面からの光を当てることができたように思われる｡@@@"A Little Cloud" is the fourteenth story in the fifteen stories of James Joyce's Dubliners, and he completed it early in 1906. This story has been argued by various critics, because it has wide possiblity of interpretations like the other stories in Dubliners, and because it has "ambiguity," which excellent novels inevitably have, and which is said to be one of Joyce's artistic techniques. We must also note that Joyce himself said in his letter to his brother Stanislaus as follows: "a page of A Little Cloud gives me more pleasure all my verses." This remark is worth considering and gives us some clue to read this story, but we are not given any piece of the reason by the author. In this paper, I have examined this story through orthodox critical methods such as analyses of the psychology of the characters, especially of the protagonist, and of the relationship between the characters; besides that I have surmised the reason of the author's satisfaction with this story, based on some of his biographical facts. Through this process I may be somewhat successful in reading this story from a new angle and giving a slightly new interpretation.

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