剪草坪与人的存在——从村上春树的“解说”出发解读《下午最后的草坪》

Lawn Mowing and People's Survival:Interpreting The Last Lawn of The Afternoon from the Perspective of Murakami Haruki's “Interpretation”

村上春树短篇小说《下午最后的草坪》的先行研究显示,日本文学研究界多从故事情节入手来进行文本解读。然而,村上本人对该小说的解说却表明,与"情节"相比,剪草坪的"作业"更为重要。从剪草坪的"作业"出发来分析小说不仅能成为一种新的解读方式,而且还能由此导出与先行研究截然不同的结论,即剪草坪的"作业"实际上反映了人的存在的本质。

According to the previous literature, most scholars in the Japanese literature research community tend to interpret Murakami Haruki＇s short story The Last Lawn of The Afternoon from the starting point of plot analysis. However, Murakami Haruki＇s own ＂interpretation＂ to the novel shows that the ＂work＂of mowing the lawn is more important than the ＂plot＂. Analyzing this novel from the ＂work＂ of mowing the lawn can not only become a new way of interpretation, but also lead to a conclusion different from the previous study, that is, ＂work＂ of mowing the lawn is actually the reflection of the nature of people＇s survival.