Research Reports of National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Kumamoto College
Online ISSN : 2189-8553
Print ISSN : 1884-6734
ISSN-L : 1884-6734
Body Expression and Wordplay in Botchan
[in Japanese]
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2021 Volume 12 Pages 21-28

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Botchan is a story that invites reader to a place of narrative by body expression and wordplay. Reader of Botchan becomes narratee in the place of narrative. Narratee listens to narrative of Ore. (Ore is the first person used mainly by men in Japanese). It seems that he is narrating in the style of Edokko. (Edokko has been one of the most important values since Edo period). It is full of body expression and wordplay. An analysis of his narrative shows that it is performative. He would try to make his narratee laugh by being so. Narratee can laugh at his narrative.

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