孤独·死亡·性爱——试论《山音》中的死亡主题

Loneliness,Death,Sexual Affection——on the subject of death in "Echo"

笔者试对川端康成的后期代表性作品《山音》中所表现的死亡主题进行探究与分析。认为死的存在始终威胁着活人以致使人感到人生无常,人总是孤独的。对生存的渴望会使一部分人在性与爱的幻想中,去寻求心灵的短暂慰藉。川端康成没有停留在对死亡哀愁的体验之中,他召唤生命的活力,想要唤起民众鼓起生活的勇气,他告诉我们,人要勇敢地面对并超越死亡,找到生命的尊严与自信。

This paper aims to discuss and analyze the subject of death in Kawabata Yasunari＇s later masterpiece ＂Echo＂. I believe that the existence of death threatens the people alive all the time, thus making human life variable. People always feel lonely. The desire to live makes some people pursue transient psychological comfort in the illusion of sex and love. Kawabata Yasunari does not stop in experiencing the death. Instead, he awakens the human courage to live. He tells us that we should boldly face and transcend death and seek for the dignity and confidence of life.