太宰治 「十二月八日」論－妻子被隱蔽的心情

The discuss of Dazai Osamu’s December 8: the hidden thought of the wife

太宰治「十二月八日」一作於昭和17年（1942）2月1日發表於雜誌『婦人公論』（第27卷2號）的創作欄。之後於同年6月30日收錄於創作集『女性』。這篇作品就如同作品名稱所示，是一位東京的主婦在日記中記述了昭和16年12月8日太平洋戰爭爆發當天，所發生的事情與心情。然而，因作品中丈夫一角的職業設定為小說家而夫妻兩人之間的小孩名字為「園子」與作家太宰治的女兒相同，再加上其它的人物角色如友人「伊馬先生」「龜井先生」「堤先生」等與當時作家太宰治周邊的人、事、物符合之處甚多，因此作品中的丈夫被認為是作家太宰治本人，而作中的故事者「我」則被認為是太宰治的夫人津島美知子。也因此在論述戰爭時期作家太宰治的寫作立場以及是否配合帝國書寫時，本作品是一篇不容忽視的重要著作。無庸置疑的，作者太宰治故意在作品中描述出一位元元元像是作家太宰治的人物角色必有其意圖表達之處，但過度將作品中的角色與作家太宰治直接連結也有誤讀之虞。因此，在探討本作品之時應先將作品中的丈夫一角與作家太宰治切割。換言之，在論斷戰爭時期太宰治的立場為〈藝術性的抵抗〉亦或是〈對時局的迎合〉前，詳細探討作品中丈夫的角色將是不可或缺。本論文將對作品中的敘事者「我」進行探討之外，也將眾焦在作品中丈夫的言行舉動上，試圖通過慎密的分析為作品發現新的讀解觀點。

Dazai Osamu's December 8 was issued at Fujinkouron, 27 (2) in February 1, 1942. As the name of the work, the content is about a woman in Tokyo who narrated down all things and mood that happened in the day of the outbreak of the Pacific War on December 8, 1941 in her diary. Yet, in this work, the husband is a novelist and his daughter was called Sonoko, the same name with Dazai Osamu's daughter. Therefore, the husband in the work is considered a Dazai Osamu himself and the woman who wrote the diary is considered as Tsushima Mitiko, Dazai Osamu's wife. So, this work is an important work when discussing about Dazai Osamu's writing position and whether cooperating with empire writing in the period of war. Indisputably, the author Dazai Osamu deliberately creates a character like himself in the work definitely has its own purpose; but we cannot over-interpret the husband is Dazai Osamu. Therefore, when discussing about the husband's personality, we should cut off the connection with the author. That is, before making a judgment about Dazai Osamu's posit ion is ”artistic resistance” or ”pandering to the current affairs” in the war period, analyzing the husband's personality in detail is important. This paper would analyze the woman, the narrator, and focus on the husband's behavior at the same time; try to find out new reading viewpoint for the book through prudential analysis.