试论《两百年的孩子》中的时代与舞台设定

On the Times and Stage Setting in The Children of 200 Years

《两百年的孩子》是日本著名作家大江健三郎于2003年为孩子们写成的一部长篇小说,本论文将从时代与舞台设定的角度对这部小说进行解读。文章认为,小说的时代设定为1984年,是为了提醒人们留心军国主义等当今社会可能出现的危险倾向对孩子们的影响;舞台设定为森林中,是在传承他自己以往作品内容的基础上,希望孩子们从森林中获得勇气和力量。

The Children of 200 Years, a long novel for children, is written by Japanese famous writer KenzaburoOe in 2003. This paper analyzes the novel from the angles of times and stage setting. It points out that the novelis set in the year of 1984, which is to remind people to show more concern on the influences of some dangeroustendencies like Militarism etc. in current society on children. Similar to his former works, Kenzaburo Oe setsthe story in the forest, which is to help children to get encouragement and power from it.