Essay on the strategy against the censorship situation -Japanesewoman author's slick fictions under World War II-

本研究的重点是二战时期日本人的心态，这在日本经常被认为是对国家的忠诚与恢复和平生活的希望之间的冲突。本研究以当时流行的堤千代小说为研究对象，探讨她的作品是如何在不受审查制度限制的情况下，发挥了释放人们自由情感的调节阀的作用。事实证明，她的策略使日本文学在日本极权主义时代捍卫了自己的原则。

This study focuses on the Japanese peoples mentality under WorldWar II, which was often recognized in Japan, as the conflict between fealty to the stateand the hope to recover peaceful life. By examining the popular slick fictions at that timeby Tsutsumi Chiyo, this research discusses the way how her works played a role as thecontrol valve to release people’ s liberal feelings, without being prohibited by censorship. Asit turned out, her strategies enabled Japanese literature to defend its principle under theage of Japanese totalitarianism.