物語世界は物語文の原因として作られ、同時に物語文は物語世界を原因として作られたものと想定される。従って物語文が物語世界の次元に対して第二次の位置づけとなる局面が考えられる。その時、物語文は自己同一的なものではなく、媒介され引用されたものと見なされる。小川洋子の「ハキリアリ」および「トランジット」を例として、語りによる媒介の局面をとらえてみる。語りこそ、言語の〈トランジット〉（乗り継ぎ）にほかならない。

The paper examines what kind of books have been read by Japanese high-school students since World War II, based on two types of data concerning the reading activities of high-school students. First, the study collected and analyzed reports by the Japanese School Library Association covering the 40-year period from 1960 which include annual book reading surveys. Second, the study listed up and analyzed the book titles for review essays entered into the All Japan Student Book Review Contest over a 45-year period. In terms of free reading by students, as reflected in the first source of data, while classic books were popularly read during the in 1960s and 1970s, in the 1980s, young adult books came popular, and in the 1990s, there was an increase in violent genres. The most frequently read book was Natsume Sosekiʼs KOKORO. In terms of books for thinking, as indicated by the student reviews, the most frequently reviewed works of fiction were Dazai Osamuʼs NINGEN SIKKAKU, Natsume Sosekiʼs KOKORO and Albert Camusʼ “The Stranger”. As for nonfiction, “Anne Frankʼs Diary” was the most frequently reviewed.