近代女性的流浪:从《放浪记》到《浮云》

Wandering of Modern Women: From Vagabond's Diary to Floating Clouds

林芙美子的成名作《放浪记》和晚年的巅峰之作《浮云》,描写的都是年轻女性的流浪生活,然而两个女主人公的结局却大相径庭:一个走向成功,而另一个埋骨异乡。其原因和经过,揭示了谋求"越界"以挣脱传统性别角色束缚的近代日本女性并未得到真正的自由这一事实。她们争取与男性对等的地位,但由于依赖于帝国的扩张并遭遇到男性的掠夺,结果换来的是最终的幻灭。

Both Vagabond's Diary and Floating Clouds written by Hayashi Fumiko describe the wandering life of a young woman,but the outcomes of the two heroines are totally different.One achieved success while the other died in a strange land.How and why they have come to this reveals that modern Japanese women who attempt to 'step beyond the boundary' so as to break away from the restraint of traditional gender role have not gained true freedom.They fought for equal status with men,but met with final disillusionment because they relied on expansion of the Empire of Japan and were plundered by men.