A Brief Analysis of Dazai Ji s Projection of Himself in the Setting Sun -- Male and Female

Abstract

As a representative writer of the scoundrel school, many of Dazai s articles are mixed with the projection of self-understanding. His aristocratic birth and neglected childhood laid the foundation for his conceited and inferior character, which is even more refected in the Set-ting Sun. The role of The Rising Sun not only becomes a projection of Dazai s current life and personality, but also refects the social status quo of many Japanese aristocrat who chose decadence and self-abandonment after the war because they could not adapt to social life. This paper takes the male and female characters in the Setting Sun as examples, studies and analyzes the insinuates and expectations left by Dazai Ji in the characters, and probes into the self-meaning and self-value in Dazai Ji s eyes.