試探《平家物語》中「歌物語式」樣式

On the mode of Quasi - utamonogatari Seen in The Tale of the Heike

《平家物語》與〈歌物語〉；代表作《伊勢物語》不同，在日本文學史中被歸類在軍記物語的文類中。然而，《歌語り‧歌物語事典》中指出，有關《平家物語》與「歌物語」的關係，大多將重點放在《伊勢物語》和歌及業平相關故事的引用上。這是觸及《平家物語》與〈歌物語〉的少有論述，由此可見著眼於《平家物語》的「歌物語」研究仍然有限，因此本文試圖針對潛藏在《平家物語》中，不同於歌物語權威代表之作《伊勢物語》的「歌物語式」樣式探討，其具體探討的文本實例是源賴政說話。

Unlike The Tales of Ise, the masterpiece of Utamonogatari (poem-tales), The Tale of the Heike is classified in the genre of Gunki Monogatari (A war chronicle) in Japanese literature history. However, as pointed out in “The Dictionary of Utagatari(narrated poems) and Utamonogatari,” in terms of the relationship between The Tale of the Heike and Utamonogatari, emphasis has always been put on the quotations of Waka (tanka poetry) from The Tales of Ise and stories surrounding Narihira. Since this dictionary is one of the very few previous studies on the relationship between The Tale of the Heike and Utamonogatari, we consider that the studies on the area of Utamonogatari in The Tale of the Heike are still too few. Therefore, this present paper aims at investigating its unique mode of quasi-utamonogatari of The Tale of the Heike, which differs from typical Utamonogatari of The Tales of Ise, an authority on Utamonogatari. Specific examples cited in this research are based on The Narrative of Masa Yori.