夏目 漱石（soseki natsume）- 小説家、評論家、英文学者

夏目漱石（なつめ そうせき、1867年 - 1916年）は、日本の小説家、英文学者。江戸・牛込に生まれ、帝国大学英文科を卒業。松山中学、第五高等学校で英語を教えたのち英国へ留学し、帰国後は東京帝国大学などで英文学を教えた。1905年に『吾輩は猫である』を発表し、『坊っちゃん』『草枕』『三四郎』『それから』などを相次いで執筆。代表作『こころ』は、若い「私」と、世間から距離を置いて暮らす「先生」との交流から始まり、先生が遺した長い手紙によってその過去が明らかになる小説である。親友Kと同じ女性を愛し、彼を出し抜いて結婚した先生が、Kの死に対する罪悪感を抱え続ける姿を通して、他者を信じたいという思いと自分を守ろうとするエゴイズムが、一人の人間を孤独へ追い込んでいく過程を描いている。

Soseki Natsume (1867–1916) was a Japanese novelist and scholar of English literature. Born in Edo, he graduated from the English Literature Department of Imperial University, taught English in Matsuyama and Kumamoto, and studied in Britain before returning to teach English literature at Tokyo Imperial University. He established his literary reputation with "I Am a Cat" in 1905 and went on to write novels including "Botchan," "Kusamakura," "Sanshiro," and "Sorekara." His major novel "Kokoro" begins with the relationship between a young narrator and an older, reclusive man he calls Sensei, whose past is eventually revealed in a long final letter. Sensei describes how he and his friend K fell in love with the same woman, how he secretly secured her hand in marriage, and how K subsequently took his own life. The novel follows the guilt Sensei carries afterward and the way mistrust, self-interest, friendship, and betrayal gradually isolate him from those around him.

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