东野圭吾小说主题的解读——以《白夜行》、《嫌疑人X的献身》为例

An Interpretation of the Themes of Higashino Keigo's Novels——A Case Study of Journey Under the Midnight Sun and The Devotion of Suspect X

东野圭吾凭借代表作《白夜行》、《嫌疑人X的献身》在整个东亚掀起了"东野圭吾旋风",他也成为日本推理小说的代名词。这两部小说的主题从爱情、人性、女性、亲情等四个角度展开,在故事情节方面有共同之处:男主人公对爱情的执着追求、困境中人性的善恶转化、女主人公的悲剧性结局、残缺的亲情,以此论证社会派推理小说作家东野圭吾作品的社会性。

With the representative works Journey Under the Midnight Sun and The Devotion of Suspect X, Higashino Keigo set off ＂a whirlwind of Higashino Keigo＂ in the entire East Asia. He himself also becomes a synonym of the Japanese mystery novels. This paper explored the themes of these two novels from four aspects of love, humanity, females, and familial affection; and it also discussed the similarities of their plots： the male protagonists＇ persistent pursuit of love, humanity＇ s shift from goodness to evil in predicament, the tragic ending of the female protagonists, and the fragmentary familial affection, so as to prove the sociality of the works by this social mystery novelist, Higashino Keigo.