《南方纪行》:佐藤春夫的厦门印象与身份认同

Southern Chronicles:Sato Haruo’s Impressions of Xiamen and Identity

佐藤春夫基于1920年游历厦门的体验而创作了《南方纪行》(1921年出版)。该书收录的《厦门印象》一文描述的厦门的城市布局,尤其是租界和老城区的“分界线”,象征着列强与中国、现代社会与传统社会,或者说侵略与抵抗两股力量相抗衡的界线。作为视点人物的“我”由于语言不通导致信息受到限制,而后在无意识的状态下犹如拼图一样地一片片拼凑起厦门独有的图式。不仅如此,“我”也针对厦门的“排日”现象经历了一个自无意识到有意识的心理转变,从而在无法融入到同行者、融入到厦门本土社会的境遇下,以一种极为焦虑、极为消极的方式而获得自身作为“日本人”的民族身份认同。这一苦恼成为了佐藤春夫的海外游记的鲜明主题。

Sato Haruo created the Southern Chronicle(1921)based on his experience of travelling to Xiamen in 1920.In the book,the article Impression of Xiamen described the urban layout of Xiamen,especially the“dividing line”between the Concession and the old urban area,which symbolized the line between the powers and China,the modern society and the traditional society,or the line between aggression and resistance.“I”as the main figure,because of the language barrier,confined by the limited information.Then,in the unconscious state,“I”pieced together the unique schema of Xiamen like a jigsaw puzzle.Not only that,“I”also experienced a psychological change from unconsciousness to consciousness against the phenomenon of“Anti-Japan Movement”in Xiamen,so that under the circumstances of being unable to integrate into the same traveler and the local society of Xiamen,but I could also obtain the national identity of myself as a“Japanese”in a very anxious and negative way.This distress has become a distinct theme of Sato Haruo’s overseas travels.