英文摘要
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In terms of the study of the image of Shanghai, the works during the 20s and 30s, especially those written by major authors like Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Yokomitsu Riichi are most recognized. The works written during the era around postwar Japan, however, were much less emphasized. To compensate for the deficiency of the study of this period, this paper chooses to focus on the image of Shanghai in the works of Takeda Taijun. Most of Takada Taijun's works are small but numerous, therefore, the study of Takeda Taijun will be helpful for us to get a close look at the image of Shanghai and Takeda's central concepts during the postwar era. Takeda Taijun finished more than 10 works during 1944 to 1948. He even wrote his medium-length The Dragonfly of Shanghai in 1976, which is 20 years later. Hence, this author's living experiences in Shanghai leaves a great impact on and amplifies his writings over 30 years. These essays, biography, novels comprehend the descriptions of the material life in Shanghai, the getting-along with the local residents, his postwar Shanghai culture experiences and encounters as a Japanese, the experiences of other foreigners and the living state of the Chinese people who were close to Japanese. This study aims to put an emphasis on two parts: the shanghai image and Takeda's state of living to analyze his Shanghai image as a whole. The feature of Takeda's works regarding to Shanghai relies on the colonial urban atmosphere left from the War, but even so, there is hardly any dark scenario. Moreover, although the Orientalist point of view existed in the Meiji period novelists' works is so different from the so-called 'Shanghai Tramp' characters in Shouwa period, Takeda's protagonists all endeavor to immerse themselves in the local life and look at Shanghai as a whole with leisure easiness.
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