Reveal the Violence of “Civilization” :About the Revision of Michiyo Mori’s Novel “Hyo” |
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ZHANG Ya |
Project Researcher, Nanzan University |
「文明化」の暴力を剔抉する ―― 森三千代の「豹」における改作をめぐって |
張雅 |
南山大学人類学研究所プロジェクト研究員 |
Correspondence
ZHANG Ya ,Email: choganong@gmail.com |
Published online: 30 June 2024. |
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ABSTRACT |
“Hyo” is one of the few revised literary works of Michiyo Mori representing French Indochina. This short story was split into two parts titled “Anan Kiko Hyo” and published in October and November issues of Nanyo Keizai Kenkyu respectively in 1942. After World War II, Mori greatly revised and enlarged the story under “Hyo” and compiled it into the anthology book Hyo with other short stories about French Indochina.
This work analyzed the differences between the text published during wartime and the post-war revision, based on the historical and social context and the freedom of expression. One of the major additions to the post-war version is a scene in which the story’s narrator watched a dance performance at Angkor Wat. The narrator criticized the vulnerability of the inner self in modern society and the uncontrollable violence of the states by contrasting with the enduring and breathtaking performance of the dancers and the equality in nature. One further paragraph described how a leopard cub died from being forced to obey human rules after being brought from a wild forest to the city.
By foregrounding the dancers who were forced to submit to the ruler’s domination and the death of the leopard cub, this work criticized the violence in subjugation and oppression under the false face of civilization. However, at the same time, it created a form of violence by glorifying the Khmer as “noble barbarians”. |
Keywords:
Revision, Civilization, Other, Domination, Ferociousness
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キ―ワ―ド:
改作, 文明化, 他者, 支配, 猛獣性 |
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