A full-length novel by British author E.M. Forster. Published in 1924. A young Englishman, Ronnie, who works as a judge in Chandrapore, a city in India under the British Empire, is visited by his mother, Mrs. Moore, and Ronnie's fiancee, Adela Quested. A young Indian doctor, Aziz, is impressed by the two, who try to understand India fairly without racial prejudice, and takes them to see a cave. However, Adela, who has doubts about marrying Ronnie, becomes confused by the mysterious echoes in the cave and believes that Aziz has almost raped her, and accuses him. The doctor and the townspeople claim innocence, while the English claim guilt, and the town becomes tense with the conflict between the two. This masterpiece explores the essence and limits of human love, intellect and emotion, politics and morality, against the backdrop of the conflict between different cultures, between the order of the West and the chaotic East. [Ken Onodera] [References] |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
イギリスの作家E・M・フォースターの長編小説。1924年刊。大英帝国治下のインドの一都市チャンドラポアで判事をしている若いイギリス人ロニーを、その母ムーア夫人と、ロニーの婚約者のアデラ・クウェステッドが訪ねてくる。人種的偏見を抱かず公正にインドを理解しようとする2人に感激したインド人の青年医師アジズは彼らを洞窟(どうくつ)見物に案内するが、ロニーとの結婚に疑問をもっていたアデラは、洞窟の神秘的な反響音に錯乱し、アジズに犯されかけたと思い込んで彼を告訴する。医師と町民は無実を、イギリス人は有罪を主張し、町は両者の対立で緊張する。西欧の秩序と混沌(こんとん)の東洋という異文化間の相克(そうこく)を背景に、人間の愛、知性と感情、政治と道徳などの本質と限界を追及する傑作。 [小野寺健] [参照項目] |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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