太宰治《潘朵拉的盒子》－關於書簡形式小說之敘述形態

Pandoras Box of Dazaiosamu: the writing way in an epistolary style novel

太宰治『潘朵拉的盒子』連載於「河北新報」（1945.10.20－1946.1.7）為太宰治戰後最初的連載長篇小說。一直以來，這篇作品被認為是瞭解太宰治對於日本戰敗這樣一個歷史大轉換期的認識，非常重要的一篇作品。因此，透過作家論的方式，乙太宰治的實際人生與時代狀況相比對，論就其思想的研究有很多。這篇小說是一位住在療養所療養的20歲男子寫給好友的多篇信件集結而成，因此，這篇小說是以第一人稱的方式來敘述。此外，本作品的篇名《潘朵拉的盒子》與希臘神話的故事一樣是否寓意著「希望」呢？本論將著重於書簡型式敘述方式，並與同時期的時代狀況相連結，論述《潘朵拉的盒子》。透過戰後最初的長篇作品的敘述形式的分析，將可以掌握太宰治在日本敗戰後第一部小說中的「希望」之呈現方式。藉此可進一步的瞭解作家對於當時變動的時代狀況之認知及其態度。

The serial novel ”Pandora's Box” of Kahokushinpou newspaper (1945.10.20-1946.1.7) is Dazaiosamu's initial one after World War II. For a long time, ”Pandora's Box” has been thought of understanding Dazaiosamu's feeling on such a significant historical transition of Japan in losing the war. Therefore, there are a lot of researches which are through comparing the true life of Dazaiosamu with the situation of the time to discuss his thinking. ”Pandora's Box” was a gather from a twenty-year man gotten medical treatment in a sanatorium wrote a lot of letters to his friends. For this reason, this novel was presented in the first person. And for far, this work has not have sufficient research and discuss. Otherwise, the name of ”Pandora's Box” whether is like the meaning of ”hope” in the story of Greek mythology? In this dissertation, we wil1 emphasize on the writing way in an epistolary style novel and connect the situations of the time to demonstrate ”Pandora's Box”. Furthermore through discussing the way of writing of the initial serial novel after the war, we will realize Dazaiosamu's writing way of ”Hope” which was the first novel after Japan losing the war. And through this, we could understand writers' cognition and attitude toward situations of the change of the period at the time.