《Omu》 ​​- Omu

…He also discovered the existence of a South Seas civilization that followed the dictates of its emotions and was intimate with nature, unlike Western civilization, which sought to conquer nature through science and technology, the product of the mind. In 1846 he published his debut novel, Typee, and the sequel, Omoo, the following year, which drew attention for praising the innocent happiness of noble savages while contrasting them with the decadent Western civilization. His next novel, Maadi (1849), was a change of style from the previous two works, which were strange tales based on personal experiences, to a satirical, allegorical tale reminiscent of Gulliver's Travels, but it ended up failing due to its scattered structure. …

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…また頭脳の所産である科学技術により自然を征服しようとする西欧文明とは異質の，心情の命ずるところに従い自然と親しむ南海の文明の存在を知った。　46年処女作《タイピー》，翌年続編《オムー》を発表，高貴な野蛮人たちの無垢な幸福を，堕落した西欧文明と対比しつつたたえて注目された。次の《マーディ》(1849)は，前2作が体験に基づく奇談だったのと作風を変え，《ガリバー旅行記》を思わせる風刺的･寓意的物語であったが，散漫な構成のため失敗に終わった。…

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