太宰治《斜陽》：至今被稱為「太宰文學代表作」——沒落的不是一家人，而是一整套舊世界｜讀書｜長篇小說｜紙上清風｜
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"The Setting Sun" is not only Dazai Osamu's masterpiece, but also a novel that truly changed the Japanese language: after its publication, "the setting sun clan" became a term used to describe the declining social class, and Dazai became a popular postwar writer. Rereading it today, it most closely resembles the decline of social class, the loss of identity, and a person forced to redesign their own life.
00:00 *The Setting Sun*: The masterpiece that made Osamu Dazai a popular writer
00:23 Izu after the defeat: A noblewoman and her daughter lose their old life in Tokyo
04:48 The snake eggs haven't dispersed, and the mountain villa almost catches fire again
07:04 Naoji is still alive, but news is accompanied by a heavy drug addiction
08:33 The younger brother returns, but the family can never go back to what it was before
10:00 *Evening Glory Diary*: Kazuko remembers Uehara six years ago
14:04 Three letters: She decides not to wait for others to arrange her life
15:57 Mother falls ill, and the "last noblewoman" gradually weakens
20:35 Mother passes away, and the old family truly comes to an end
21:18 Kazuko goes to Tokyo and finally finds Uehara, who never replies to her letters
26:57 Naoji leaves a suicide note, revealing his inability to fit into any social class
31:02 The Last Letter: Kazuko Decides to Begin Her Own "Moral Revolution"
The Setting Sun*, serialized in *Shincho in 1947 and published that same year, is widely recognized as one of Osamu Dazai's representative works. The work sparked immense discussion, with "the setting sun tribe" even becoming a popular term to describe the postwar declining classes. Shincho also explicitly records that Dazai became a popular writer after the war with works such as *The Setting Sun*.
The novel centers on a mother and daughter from a declining aristocratic family, depicting the mother, Kazuko, Naoji, and the writer Uehara as they each face the collapse of the old order. The first half of the work heavily draws on Shizuko Ota's diary material, but Dazai reassembles it into a postwar novel about class decline, family disintegration, and women's re-choosing of their lives.
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和子作为没落华族，不可能就凭一个吻就爱上一个毫无责任颓废的作家，和子和直治做为没落贵族，失去以往的荣耀和财富，心态容易崩溃，直治的行为在没落贵族中非常常见，为掩饰无力感和强烈的自尊心故意做出非常出格的事来逃避和掩饰。但和子长期和她母亲一起生活，两人非常和谐，她母亲是典型的华族女性代表，而贵族女性叛逆一般母女不和，或者面对英雄或者美男的灼热爱情而背叛家庭名誉，而和子是一名成熟有母亲关爱着的女性，在她觉得她母亲偏心的那一刻或许有找个寄托的冲动，但看到毫无责任且颓废的作家，和子骨子里的傲气绝对接受不了，作者这样写和子或许是自淫或许是为了讨好一部分有这种心态的读者。
太宰治《斜陽》：至今被稱為「太宰文學代表作」——沒落的不是一家人，而是一整套舊世界｜讀書｜長篇小說｜紙上清風｜
紙上清風
4,813 views
"The Setting Sun" is not only Dazai Osamu's masterpiece, but also a novel that truly changed the Japanese language: after its publication, "the setting sun clan" became a term used to describe the declining social class, and Dazai became a popular postwar writer. Rereading it today, it most closely resembles the decline of social class, the loss of identity, and a person forced to redesign their own life.
00:00 *The Setting Sun*: The masterpiece that made Osamu Dazai a popular writer
00:23 Izu after the defeat: A noblewoman and her daughter lose their old life in Tokyo
04:48 The snake eggs haven't dispersed, and the mountain villa almost catches fire again
07:04 Naoji is still alive, but news is accompanied by a heavy drug addiction
08:33 The younger brother returns, but the family can never go back to what it was before
10:00 *Evening Glory Diary*: Kazuko remembers Uehara six years ago
14:04 Three letters: She decides not to wait for others to arrange her life
15:57 Mother falls ill, and the "last noblewoman" gradually weakens
20:35 Mother passes away, and the old family truly comes to an end
21:18 Kazuko goes to Tokyo and finally finds Uehara, who never replies to her letters
26:57 Naoji leaves a suicide note, revealing his inability to fit into any social class
31:02 The Last Letter: Kazuko Decides to Begin Her Own "Moral Revolution"
The Setting Sun*, serialized in *Shincho in 1947 and published that same year, is widely recognized as one of Osamu Dazai's representative works. The work sparked immense discussion, with "the setting sun tribe" even becoming a popular term to describe the postwar declining classes. Shincho also explicitly records that Dazai became a popular writer after the war with works such as *The Setting Sun*.
The novel centers on a mother and daughter from a declining aristocratic family, depicting the mother, Kazuko, Naoji, and the writer Uehara as they each face the collapse of the old order. The first half of the work heavily draws on Shizuko Ota's diary material, but Dazai reassembles it into a postwar novel about class decline, family disintegration, and women's re-choosing of their lives.
Read a book in one go; reading more books never hurts.
This is Paper Breeze. Each issue, with a complete, clear, and engaging narration, accompanies you through a classic story.
#Sunset #DazaiOsamu #DeclineAndRebirth #Novel #SunsetClan #PostwarLiterature #JapaneseLiterature #PaperWind #Reading #BookTalk #ClassicLiterature #ReadABookInOneGo