花と冒険[考察・エッセイ]
崖に咲く花はなぜ美しいのか「文化」についてのエッセイ。
テーマは文学、思想、民俗、絵画、漫画、アイドル、ゲーム、玩具、世相...。
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日常の死角にある「文化」を語る。
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周知の通り、透谷は「人生相渉論争」(1893年)の中心人物でもある。これは山路愛山への論駁から発展した、文学の本質や文学のあるべき姿をめぐる論争だ。愛山は「文章即ち事業なり」とし、世を益することなく、人生に相渉ることのない「文章の事業」は「空の空なるのみ」と説く。これに対し透谷は「人生に相渉るとは何の謂ぞ」を書き、文学は事業を目的としていない、文学は人生に相...
[続きを読む](2013.04.27) -
近代批評を確立したといわれる小林秀雄は、1929年に「様々なる意匠」で「批評とは竟に己れの夢を懐疑的に語る事ではないのか!」と書いた。この言葉は今も深甚なる影響を私たちに及ぼしているといってよい。ただし、このような批評を意識的に実践したのは、小林が最初ではない。「様々なる意匠」よりも40年近く前に、北村透谷がかなり苛烈なやり方で行い、批評の可能性を押し広げる...
[続きを読む](2013.04.20) -
そこは、〈都会のオアシス〉などという陳腐な言葉に置き換えるのが憚られるほど、幽玄で心地好い静寂に包まれた空間。行く度に身も心もゆったりとした気分に浸れ、なおかつ極上の美術品を鑑賞したという満足感にも包まれて、終いにはその場にいつまでもいつまでも佇んでしまいたくなる。筆者が最も愛する美術館のひとつ、根津美術館(以下、根津美)とは、そうした場所だ。手持ちの『全国...
[続きを読む](2013.04.06)
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