타자론의 관점에서 본 모노노아와레

Abstract

Nowadays, the revaluation of Norinaga's National Study has often been made after the model of Hideo Kobayashi(小林秀雄)'s Motoori Norinaga(本居宣長). Some say about the discourse on human nature(人情) from the humanistic perspective and others say about mono-no-aware from the context of pure literature, frequently taking a long way around the issue of nationalism. They tend to find somewhat affirmative meanings from the discourse on Uta(歌) and Kejimonogatari(源氏物語). In so doing, mono-no-aware has been discussed only within the perspective of aesthetic discourse on Uta(歌) and Kejimonogatari(源氏物語) or regarded as an independent thing having no connection with that fanatical discourse on Ancient Way(古道). Therefore the relationship between mono-no-aware and karagokoro, the premise of the discourse on Ancient Way(古道), has not been properly noticed until now. However, this essay will pay special attention to the fact that Norinaga's notion of mono-no-aware is secretly connected with that of karagokoro in the hidden orientation excluding the Other. The purpose of this essay, based on the above-mentioned concern especially referring to Kojin Karatani(柄谷行人), is to examine the complex meanings of the Otherness in mono-no-aware, making sure that mono-no-aware, the Japanese literatural and aesthetical concept, has some fundamental limits as well as possibilities. Finally, I will also discuss the conspiracy between mono-no-aware and karagokoro.