破坏性的民族反省——评大江健三郎新作《别了,我的书!》

Destructive Reflection of the Nation: On Dockennzaburou's Goodbye, My Book

大江健三郎的新作《别了,我的书!》贯穿着大江文学的一贯主题:反对"天皇制"思想。但它在表现形式上不同于大江以前的所有作品,故事的结尾由过去的喜剧变为带有几分"滑稽"的悲剧;对待"暴力"的态度上,小说中的人物由过去被动的受害者变为主动的攻击者,由此将大江文学在国民性反思的意识上又向前推进了一步。作者在小说中大谈"破坏",然在此"破坏与建筑是同义词"。这些变化正如小说的题目所表明的那样,既宣告了大江文学与过去的诀别,又预示着一个新的开端。

Although 'Opposing Tenno' can be seen as Dockennzaburou's consistent theme in his novel Goodbye, My Book from the beginning to the end, its manifestation is quite different from his usual form. It shows that his consciousness of 'the reflection of the nation' has reached a new stage, just as the title of Goodbye, My Book implicates that by saying goodbye to his past and casting a new creative light on the national reflection, the book is finally changed from the usual pattern of comedy into a comical tragedy, and the characters are changed from pure passive victims into active attackers in face of the violence they are suffering from. Besides, the repeated expression of 'destruction' actually conveys the meaning of 'construction', and thus the two antonyms become synonyms.