福克纳与大江健三郎小说中的身份主题比较研究——以《八月之光》和《个人的体验》为中心

A Comparative Study of Theme of Identity in William Faulkner and Oe Kenzaburo's Novels: A Comparison Between Light in August and Personal Matter

美国现代经典作家福克纳和日本先锋作家大江健三郎在各自的创作中,都凸显了身份这一主题,折射出战败与社会转型时代背景下现代人的"失根感"所引发的身份焦虑、对自我身份的逃离以及通过艰辛的自我救赎之路达成自我身份的觉醒。文章以福克纳的《八月之光》和大江健三郎的《个人的体验》为中心,探寻这两位来自不同地域、不同文化的诺贝尔文学奖获奖作家救赎人类心灵的途径与意蕴以及从中反映出的诺贝尔文学奖的价值取向。

Both William Faulkner and Oe Kenzaburo’s novels concerned the theme of identity, reflecting modern people’s anxiety and the desire to escape their own identity and reality after being tortured by the war and transformation of society. The purpose of their writing is to help people in modern society achieve selfredemption and obtain the self-awareness of their own identity. This paper focuses on the comparison and contrast between the protagonists’ journey of denying and pursuing their respective identity in Faulkner’s Light in August and Oe’s Personal Matter, aimed to explore the connotation of works of the two Nobel Prize winners from different cultures and understand the orientation and moral values of Nobel Prize for Literature.