江戶川亂步「紅色的房間」──論其影響關係

The Discussion on Its Influence Relations of Edogawa Rampo's 'The Red Chamber'

江戶川亂步的「紅色的房間」於大正十四年（年）四月發表於『新青年』雜誌。在亂步研究史上，針對這篇作品，以及和不同作家之作品間的影響關係等研究文獻卻不豐富。而在這些研究文獻當中，皆論及本作與谷崎潤一郎作品「途上」（『改造』大正九年一月號）之間的相似性。亂步作品與谷崎作品之間的關係，可追溯自亂步在自作中或日後言論曾經直接提示與谷崎作品之間的影響關係。因此在研究史上，大多是把這些視為一個重要參考指標而進行論述的研究文獻。也就是把實際亂步具體舉出的谷崎作品名為一線索，探討谷崎作品對亂步作品所產生的影響。但是調查結果發現，實際上「紅色的房間」中卻有許多小說要素，直接或間接地取材自其他作家作品的設定與方法。因此，這樣的一個研究現況，顯示了「紅色的房間」作品中的影響關係上，尚存許多末開發的空間。本論文在研究方法上，將以文本閱讀的方式來解讀此篇作品。唯有透過亂步作品中所呈現的這些要素，再深入論及其影響關係，以這樣的觀點來探討，才能找到存在於亂步創作方法中本質上的問題。

Edogawa Rampo's “The Red Chamber” was published in “Shinseinen” magazine in April 1925. Seldom are, however, the research documents about this work and its interrelationship with other author's writings in the history of Rampo study. The similarity between this fiction and Junichiro Tanizaki's “Tojou” that was published in “Kaizo” magazine in January 1920 had been mentioned among these research documents. The relation between Rampo and Tanizaki's works can be traced back from Rampo's later statements or fictions, which pointed out its interrelationship with Tanizaki's works. Therefore, most deem those materials as important reference resources in the history of research, considering Tanizaki's works mentioned by Rampo in his writings as a clue to study the mutually influence. In fact, there are many elements of fiction in “The Red Chamber” originating from the setting and style of other writers' fictions. The situation in research now reveals a lot of undeveloped space left to be study. In this essay, “The Red Chamber” will be interpreted in the way of text reading. Only through the elements revealed in Rampo's works, the essential problems concealed in Rampo's creating way can be discovered by probing into it's influential relationship.