「齒輪」是一部失敗的〈絶筆〉，同時也是真正的〈絶筆〉。因為這是作者懷著死亡意志所留下的作品，儘管自殺未遂。 對於選擇以自己的意志結束生命的人物而言，其〈絶筆〉比被認定為最後作品的〈絶筆〉蘊含著更為沉重的意義。確實，「齒輪」傾注了芥川的全部才能與神經，極為用心地創作而成。其證據在於，「齒輪」這一文本可以從各種密碼中解讀出來。「避暑地與都市」「西洋近代文化與東洋古典」「基督教與希臘神話」，進而還有「光與暗」「紅、綠、黃」「白與黑」「翅膀與〈復仇女神〉厄里倪厄斯」「意識與無意識」等等的暗號・暗合。這些部分複雜地交織在一起。此外，還具有〈飯店小說〉〈近代都市小說〉〈近代都市彷徨小說〉的形式。因此，其作品世界也成為現代主義文學的先驅。 「齒輪」的解讀並非易事。正因如此，其世界的牽引力、魅力是銳利的。本稿從〈基督教與希臘神話〉的密碼出發，關注〈翅膀〉〈復仇女神・厄里倪厄斯〉〈紅、綠、黃、白與黑〉等要素，嘗試解讀「齒輪」。進而，也想要探索芥川晚年所抵達的世界。

“Haguruma” (The Cogwheels) is a failed ‘ final work ’ that is simultaneously a true‘final work’. This is because it is a work left behind by an author with the will to die, despite the unsuccessful suicide attempt. For a person who chooses to end their life by their own will, their‘final work’contains a heavier meaning than a‘final work’that is simply designated as the last piece. Indeed, “Haguruma” was carefully created with all of Akutagawa’s talent and nerves poured into it. The evidence lies in the fact that the text “Haguruma” can be decoded through various codes: “resort and city,” “Westernmodern culture and Eastern classics,” “Christianity and Greek mythology,” and furthermore “light and darkness,” “red, green, yellow,” “white and black,” “wingsand Erinyes‘the Furies’,” “consciousness and unconsciousness,” among other ciphers and correspondences. These parts are intricately intertwined. Moreover, it takes the form of a‘hotel novel’,‘modern urban novel’, and ‘modern urban wandering novel’. Therefore, its literary world became a precursor to modernist literature. The decoding of “Haguruma” is not straightforward. For this reason, the gravitational pull and charm of its world are sharp and penetrating. This paper attempts to decode “Haguruma” through the code of ‘Christianity and Greek mythology’, focusing on elements such as‘wings’,‘Erinyes, the Furies’, and ‘red, green, yellow, white and black’. Furthermore, we aim to approach the world that Akutagawa reached in his final years.

絶筆; 基督教; 希臘神話; 翅膀; 復仇女神

Final work; Christianity; Greek mythology; Wings, Furies