Women Image In Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Literature

Ryunosuke Akutagawa has inseparable relations with women in his whole life. His mother got insane in his early childhood. He was raised up by his foster mother and his aunt. Even he could get love from these elders, he still lacks love from his birth mother. To him, a resisted image to “mother” was planted in his mind in the beginning. For love emotion, besides affection with his wife Fumi Tsukamoto, tender passion with Yayoi Yoshida, Shigeko Hide, Hiroko Katayama were also widely discussed among the public. Besides connections with women in daily life, Ryunosuke uses “ women” as topics for writing. This paper will study “ Women Image” in Ryunosuke’s works from early stage to later stage. Separating Women Image into “ Girl Image “ , “ Wife Image “ , “Mother Image” for discussion. In different stages, what images were caused by heroines in creations ? Are there common or different points among these images ? r as previous scholar’s statement, women images in Ryunosuke’s works are negative ? Can positive images being found ? Above contentions are essential points which this essay will be emphasized on. After studying, in chapter “Girls Image In Ryunosuke’s Literature”, almost all girls show their pure , unselfish … positive images in writings. On the other hand, in chapter “ Wife Images In Ryunosuke’s Literature” ,wives in stories being described as lascivious, unchaste. It probably bases on a Shigeko Hide who caused Ryunosuke’s black thoughts. However, there are lots of positive women images in creations which are un-deniable, either. For “Mother Image In Ryunosuke’s Literature”, change of mothers’ images from early to later stage can reflect Ryunosuke’s mind to his real mother which is from resistance , restraint to missing , praise . Believing readers can realize more for the topic “Women Image In Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Literature “ through the essay by deeper analysis.