A novel added by French author Bernardin de Saint-Pierre to the final volume of the 1787 edition of Studies of Nature. Paul and Virginie grew up in poverty but pure and happy conditions on the island of France (now Mauritius), free from the ill effects of society, and have been in love since childhood. Virginie becomes unhappy when she is called to France for an education by her rich and strict aunt. Two years later, on her return to the island, her ship is wrecked on the shore as Paul watches, and she dies, too, from grief. The idea that happiness can only be found in nature, and that humans only become unhappy in society, which pits nature against society, shows the strong influence of Rousseau. The descriptions of the nature and storms of a South Sea island were something that had not been seen in French literature up to that point, and it was a huge success when it was published, making it the only work by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre that has been read to this day. [Yoshio Hara] "Paul and Virginie" translated by Yoshiaki Shinjo (Kadokawa Bunko) Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
フランスの作家ベルナルダン・ド・サン・ピエールが『自然の研究』1787年版の最終巻に付け加えた小説。ポールとビルジニーは、フランス島(現在のモーリシャス島)で、社会のもたらす悪影響から免れて、貧しいが、けがれなく幸せな状態で育ち、子供のころから愛し合っている。金持ちで厳しい叔母によって教育のためにフランスへよばれたビルジニーは不幸になる。2年後、島へ戻る際、海岸で、ポールの見ているなか、船が難破して死に、ポールも悲しみから死ぬ。自然のなかにしか幸福はなく、社会のなかでは人間は不幸になるばかりという、自然と社会を対立させる考え方には、ルソーの強い影響がみられる。南海の島の自然や嵐(あらし)の描写は、それまでのフランス文学にはなかったもので、出版されると大成功を収め、現在まで読み継がれてきているベルナルダン・ド・サン・ピエールの唯一の作品である。 [原 好男] 『新庄嘉章訳『ポールとヴィルジニー』(角川文庫)』 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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