The Sense of Representing Perversion : Saisei Murou's Method of Writing in "Koro-wo-nusumu"

Abstract

In "Koro-wo-nusumu," Saisei Murou depicted a morbid state of mind of a woman whose jealousy makes her suffer from visual and auditory hallucinations. When the story was published in 1921, Saisei was reputed to be a "writer of abnormal sexuality." But his interest in perversion was more comprehensive. As the story shows, he studied it psychologically as well as sexually. In his method and sense of representing psychological perversion, Saisei was more original, modern, and pioneering than other contemporary writers.