German novelist. He is the author of The Fool's Tale (1669), the only German Baroque novel that is still beloved today, but little is known about his early life. He spent his later years in the small village of Renchen in southern Germany, where he served as mayor for a time. He wrote about 20 works in total. The Fool's Tale is set against the backdrop of the Thirty Years' War, and depicts the protagonist's journey from a young age into a world of chaos, toyed with by a strange fate, wandering through the various realms of life where tragedy and humour coexist, until he finally realizes the impermanence of the world, becomes a hermit, and finds peace of mind in harmony with God. However, it is not a memoir of one person's experiences or growth, but rather a multifaceted teaching on the reality of life's ever-changing nature. It is a representative German picaro novel, but its content, structure, and narrative style are all sophisticated, heralding the arrival of full-length novels. Grimmelshausen was a folk writer, and differed from the court writers who were mainstream at the time, but he acquired an astonishing amount of academic knowledge, mainly through self-study, and his works are entertaining, but at the same time, they also contain deep philosophical and religious elements. This is probably what makes him an immortal poet. [Yoshinori Takao] "The Story of a Fool, translated by Ichie Mochizuki (Iwanami Bunko)" Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
ドイツの小説家。ドイツ・バロックの小説のなかで唯一現在でも愛読されている『阿呆(あほう)物語』(1669)の作者であるが、若いころのことはよくわかっていない。後年は南ドイツの小村レンヒェンで過ごし、一時その村長を務めた。全部で約20編の著作がある。『阿呆物語』は三十年戦争を背景として、主人公が幼少のころから混乱の世の中へ投げ出され、数奇な運命にもてあそばれながら、悲惨と滑稽(こっけい)が同居する人生の諸領域をさまよい、ついには世の無常を悟り、隠者となって神との和合のなかに魂の平安をみいだす過程を描いている。しかし、一人間の体験記、成長記のたぐいではなく、有為転変の生の実相を多角的に教示するのが主眼である。ドイツにおけるピカロ小説の代表であるが、内容、構成、叙述方法ともに洗練されており、本格的長編小説の到来を告げるものである。グリンメルスハウゼンは民衆的作家で、当時主流であった宮廷文人とは異なるが、主として独学により驚異的学識を身につけており、その作品には娯楽性と同時に、深い思想性、宗教性がある。それが彼を不滅の詩人たらしめている理由であろう。 [義則孝夫] 『望月市恵訳『阿呆物語』(岩波文庫)』 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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