斉藤茂吉『万葉秀歌』と竹西寛子の散文に見られる、≪名詞立て≫に関するノート

Abstract

This paper suggests the possibility that some uses of nouns and other expressions in a prose work by SAITO Mokichi, a celebrated Tanka poet, might have influenced the literary style of the prose of TAKENISHI Hiroki, a distinguished novelist, literary critic and essayist. Among the typical examples is: kodai nihonngo no yushu (= excellence of the ancient Japanese lanuguage) (M.SAITO) uta no dodo (= magnificence of the song) (H.TAKENISHI) The above suggestion comes from two observations: 1) The foregrounding of nouns shown above has seldom been used by most writers. 2) TAKENISHI wrote several times that she has been influenced by SAITO's analysis of ancient Japanese poems and by his literary style