Akutagawa Ryunosuke And The Western Music

[[abstract]]自古以來文學和音樂即有著密不可分的關係。芥川龍之介是在近代文學作家中，能融合日本傳統文化和西方文化的極少數作家之一。本篇論文是以從大正到明治時期，日本人接受西洋音樂的過程為基本，由芥川龍之介的書信中求證出芥川對西洋音樂的涉獵極廣而且深俱造詣。除此、並分析芥川和舒伯特、貝多芬、莫札特三人，有著極其相似的生涯和藝術背景，藉由芥川在作品中所涉及此三位西洋音樂家的音樂，考察西洋音樂對芥川文學的影響。最後，以芥川所喜愛的歌劇『莎樂美』和『卡門』為焦點，探求芥川建構在多數作品中特有的女性形像。[[abstract]]Literature and music has been tightly connected since ancient times Mr Akutagawa Ryunosuke is the one of few writers in recent decades who has integrated Japanese traditional culture with Western culture in his work Based on the understanding of Japanese influence on Western music during the Meiji and the Taishou eras the thesis analyzes the correspondence illustrating his great attainments in Western music He has very similar background in career and art development with Schubert Beethoven and Mozart The study aims to understand the influence of Western music on his work especially that of his favorite operas Salome and Carmen where the female images in his works are also studie