死亡·救赎·重生的主题嬗变——以吉本芭娜娜的处女作《月影》为研究对象

Transmutation of Themes from "Death" to "Salvation" & "Resurrection"——on Yoshimoto Banana's Maiden Work "Moonlight"

1987年以小说《厨房》而受到日本文坛瞩目的吉本芭娜娜,擅长描述普通人的日常生活与内心情感,从而赢得了众多日本读者的共鸣。作为芭娜娜的处女作的短篇小说《月影》,讲述了主人公走出恋人的意外死亡所带来的痛苦和孤独,找到救赎自我的契机,并获得重生的精神历程。本文通过这部作品的研究,来阐述芭娜娜文学的最基本的思想主题——死亡、救赎、重生的嬗变历程,并由此来展示思想主题背后的存在主义价值观念与东方主义式的文学内涵。

Yoshimoto Banana, whose work ＂Kitchen＂ has became the focus of Japanese literary world in 1987, is skilled in describing common people＇s daily life and their inner feelings. Her works have struck a chord with many Japanese readers. Yoshimoto Banana＇s maiden work ＂Moonlight＂ describes how the heroine walks out of pain and loneliness brought about by her lover＇s unexpected death and finds self-salvation and resurrection. This paper tries to discover the transmutation of Banana＇s themes from death to salvation and then resurrection in ＂Moonlight＂ so as to reveal the existentialist value and the Oriental literary connotations implied in the themes.