The Tales of Baron Munchausen, also known as The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, are a collection of tall tales by Baron Munchausen (1720-97), a real 18th-century German man who loved travel and hunting, and was so adventurous that he served in the Turkish War twice. In these stories, the protagonist tells his friends tales of his travels and hunting adventures, as well as tall tales. The first to compile these 17 humorous folk tales (1781) as The Tales of Baron Munchausen and to publish an English translation (first edition 1785) was the German librarian Raspe, who fled to England. When Bürger translated the second edition of this English book into German, adding 13 more stories, and wrote The Wonderful Voyages, Expeditions, and Merry Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Overland and Sea (1786), this work, which depicts a world that cannot be resolved by the spirit of scientific rationalism with a witty and humorous method, is counted among the classic masterpieces of the genre of false stories as a highly artistic folk book. In the 19th and 20th centuries, there was no end to the adaptations and imitations of The Tales of Munchausen, such as Immermann's historical satire (1838), Hansel's drama (1933), and Erich Kästner's film script (1943). [Niibo Hiroaki] "The Adventures of Baron Mallow, translated by Senjiro Eno and Chuzo Nakagomi (Kadokawa Bunko)" [Reference] |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
俗に『ほら男爵の冒険』の名でも知られるミュンヒハウゼン男爵のほら物語。18世紀ドイツに実在したミュンヒハウゼン男爵(1720―97)は旅と狩猟を好み、トルコ戦争に二度も従軍するほど冒険心に富んだ人であったが、物語ではこの主人公が旅や狩りの冒険奇譚(きたん)、ほら話を友人仲間に語って聞かせる一人称小説の体裁をとっている。こうした民間伝承の17編の滑稽(こっけい)譚(1781)を『ミュンヒハウゼン物語』として最初に集成し、英訳出版(初版1785)したのは、イギリスに亡命したドイツ人司書ラスペである。ビュルガーがこの英語本の第二版に、さらに13編の物語を加えてドイツ語に翻案し、『ミュンヒハウゼン男爵の水陸にわたる不思議な旅と遠征と愉快な冒険』(1786)を著すに及んで、科学的合理主義の精神では割り切れない世界を機知とユーモアに富んだ手法で描き出したこの作品は、うそ物語のジャンルのなかでもひときわ芸術性の高い民衆本として古典的名著に数えられている。19、20世紀にも『ミュンヒハウゼン物語』の改作や模作は後を絶たず、インマーマンの時代風刺小説(1838)、ヘンゼルのドラマ(1933)、ケストナーの映画台本(1943)など、その作品は数多くある。 [新保弼彬] 『江野専次郎・中込忠三訳『ほら男爵の冒険』(角川文庫)』 [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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