《浮世画家》主人公小野的日本身份认同

Japanese Identity of the Protagonist Ono in An Artist of the Floating World

身份认同是石黑一雄小说的一个重要母题。在他的小说创作中,石黑一雄考察了人物包括国族、流散、人类身份等在内的多种身份认同模式。身份认同的建构有两种倾向:重构新的适应性身份认同以及增强原有的原初性身份认同。国族身份认同是一种最为重要的原初性身份认同。《浮世画家》主人公小野增二是一位成长于战前日本的画家。他随着战前日本政治经济的发展,从功利主义、唯美主义到爱国主义、军国主义,逐渐建构了自己的日本身份认同。透过小野日本国族身份认同的建构,石黑一雄思考了爱国主义的正反两面,对全球化时代的爱国主义、国族身份认同等问题有重大的启示意义。

Identity is one of the most important motifs in Kazuo Ishiguro’s novels. In his novels, Ishiguro examines characters’ different modes of identity, including national, diasporic and human identity, etc. There are two tendencies for the construction of identity: reconstruction of new adaptative identity and strengthening of original primary identity. National identity is one of the most important primary identities. The protagonist Masuji Ono in An Artist of the Floating World is an artist growing up in the pre-WWII-Japan, who, along with the political and economic development of Japan, from utilitarianism and aestheticism to patriotism and militarism, gradually constructs his Japanese identity. Through Ono’s construction of Japanese national identity, Ishiguro reflects on both the positive and negative sides of patriotism, revealing enlightening significance for issues like patriotism and national identity in a global era.