「日本語人」描寫中國的理由－－ 以Levy Hideo 的《假的水》為中心

The reason why ‘Nihongojin’ describes China — Focus on“Kari no Mizu”by Levy Hideo —

為何一個純粹的美國人Levy Hideo 要使用日文寫作呢？最近他不但寫日本，也開始寫關於中國的故事。Levy Hideo「用日語寫中國」的時候，他「用日語寫作」的意義變得更加相對化。可能是因為像Levy Hideo 的作家沒有先例、太獨特的關係，有關他的研究，雖然有了像永岡 （2009） 等的論文，到目前為止並不多。本論文指出永岡論文的問題點，以關於中國的小說 （2008）《假的水》為中心，對於Levy Hideo 用日文來描寫中國的意義加以分析。結果，明白的是Levy Hideo 文學的方向是要當不會被國家拘束的「日本語人」，中國是為了這個目的而必要的舞臺裝置。

Why dose Levy Hideo who is a natural-born American, write his works in Japanese?Recently the theme of his works is not only about japan, he also describes china. Levy Hideo‘describes china in China in Japanese’, then the meaning of ‘write in Japanese’ has changedrelativel.The existence of Levy Hideo perhaps be epoch-breaking, be too unique, so the studyabout Levy Hideo, except for Nagaoka (2009), is very few.This paper indicate the problem of Nagaoka (2009), also focused on (2008) “Kari noMizu”, analyzed the meaning of Levy Hideo describe China in Japanese. As a result, It cameto light, that Levy Hideo needs China because he wants to be a ‘Nihongojin’ who is notrestricted by Nation.