Neo-picaresque novel

Japanese: ネオ・ピカレスク小説 - ネオピカレスクしょうせつ(英語表記)neo‐picaresque novel
Neo-picaresque novel
The name given to a series of novels that became popular in the UK from the 1950s after World War II. J.B. Wain's first novel, Hurry Down (1953), is a typical example, in which the protagonist refuses to belong to normal society, changing jobs frequently while delivering scathing satire to the existing social system. There is no coherent plot, and the protagonist is a series of episodes, with no development of character or spiritual growth. It can be considered a revival of the picaresque novel (villain novel), which was thought to have disappeared in the 18th century, but as can be seen in I. Murdoch's In the Net (1954), the author's intellect is overflowing in the works, and this is why the word "neo" is used.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
第2次世界大戦後の1950年代からイギリスで流行した一連の小説に与えられた名称。J.B.ウェインの最初の小説《急いで下りろ》(1953)などがその典型で,主人公がまっとうな社会に属することを拒否し,職を転々と変えながら,既存の社会体制に対する痛烈な風刺の矢を加えていく。一貫した筋はなく,挿話の連続で,主人公の性格上の発展や精神的成長はない。18世紀に消滅していたと思われたピカレスク小説(悪者小説)の復活のように考えられるが,例えばI.マードックの《網の中》(1954)に見られるように,人間実存についての哲学的な思索が,一見支離滅裂な物語を深部で支えているなど,作者の知性が作品にあふれているあたりに,〈ネオ(新)〉という言葉が冠されている理由がある。

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