试析村上春树作品中的隐喻——以《寻羊冒险记》为中心

On the Metaphors in Haruki Murakami’s Works:——Taking Hitsuji o meguru bōken (A Wild Sheep Chase) as an Illustration

村上春树的作品立意独特,感情真挚,却意喻飘渺、晦涩难懂,让读者亦爱亦恨,其主要原因在于文章中大量使用的隐喻。隐喻虽耐人寻味,但是深邃的隐喻也造成了读者阅读时的困扰,因此能否读懂村上的隐喻是理解村上文学的关键。本文以《寻羊冒险记》为中心,试寻找村上春树的隐喻及其隐喻的内涵。

Murakami’s novels are well-known for the obscure themes and characters’ dimly discernable feelings,nonetheless,these novels become best-sellers with no exception.One of the explanations to this might be the abundant metaphors in his books,which are hard to understand but at the same time afford thoughts and inspiring.Therefore,metaphors are the key to understanding Murakami’s novels.With Hitsuji o meguru bōken as an illustration,this paper tries to explore the meaning of Murakami’s metaphors.