宏大叙事的消解——从《在路上》到《挪威的森林》

The Decomposition of Grand Narrative——From On the Road to Norwegian Woods

在20世纪,尤其是战后的世界文学中,传统的宏大叙事很大程度上不再受到赞美和宣扬,反而成为了被消解、被颠覆的对象。美国作品《在路上》和日本作品《挪威的森林》就是其代表。究其原因,这种现象有深刻的社会历史背景。美日两国战后经济高速发展,同时政治变得保守,人们精神世界空虚,人情冷漠,信仰丧失,迷惘困惑,不再相信崇高,在这一历史背景下,两部作品应运而生。

In the 20th century, especially in the post-war literature, the traditional grand narrative was no longer praised or promoted. Instead, it was decomposed or overthrown. The American work On the Road and Japanese work Norwegian Woods were the typical examples. The reason had its deep social and historical background. The rapid economic development in America and Japan after the war, the conservative polities, the void spiritual world of the people, the indifference between people, the loss of faith, the confusion and puzzle, the incredulity of sublimity, etc. all these reasons led to the appearance of the two books.