Prayer Betting on Spiritual Power ：A Literary Representation of Bali Island in Natsuki IKEZAWA’s “<i>A Burden of Flowers</i>”

TSUCHIYA, Shinobu

doi:2024.18.1.11

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Border Crossings: The Journal of Japanese-Language Literature Studies 2024;18(1): 11-27.
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Prayer Betting on Spiritual Power ：A Literary Representation of Bali Island in Natsuki IKEZAWA’s “A Burden of Flowers”

Shinobu TSUCHIYA

Professor, Musashino University

霊力に賭ける祈り ―― 池澤夏樹『花を運ぶ妹』におけるバリ島の文学的表象

土屋忍

武蔵野大学文学部教授

Correspondence Shinobu TSUCHIYA ,Email: stsuchi@musashino-u.ac.jp

Published online: 30 June 2024.

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ABSTRACT

Taking up the novel “A Burden of Flowers(花を運ぶ妹)”(2000) by Natsuki IKEZAWA, this paper attempts to place it in the literary representation history of Bali Island since Jun TAKAMI’s “One Fine Day(ある晴れた日に)”(1941). The world was told through multiple viewpoints and securing 3 points, and the method of solving the case in the novel represented the postcolonial. Another characteristic of the book was that it showed the value of prayers that bet on spiritual power different from that of specific religions.

Keywords: Ikezawa Natsuki, Bali Island, Representation of the South Seas, Postcolonial Literature, Power and Spiritual Power

キ―ワ―ド: 池澤夏樹, バリ島, 南洋表象, ポストコロニアル文学, 権力と霊力