“异域恐惧症”与非东方主义书写——论唐纳德·金笔下的日本人旅欧日记

Xenophobia and Non-orientalism Writing——On Japanese Diaries in Describing Europe by Donald Keene

唐纳德·金在《现代日本人日记》中用“异域恐惧症”等词语形容了赴欧日本使节对待欧洲人和欧洲文化的心理特征。他紧密围绕日记主人们在日记文本中建立的“先进欧洲形象”与“颓败落后的东方形象”展开评论。本文认为唐纳德·金在文本细读与思想评论的基础上剖析出了日本使节们的文化底色:将欧洲与日本相比较,进而凸显日本文化的“优越”和不可替代。唐纳德·金对日本人赴欧日记的研究是一种非东方主义书写,这体现了他独特的文化身份和价值序列观念。

Donald Keene describes the psychological characteristics of Europe visiting Japanese ambassadors on Europeans and European culture with“xenophobia”kind words in Modern Japanese Diaries.He explores the themes concerning“advanced European images”and“decadent and backward eastern images”established by the Diaries’owners in the texts,which,this paper holds the idea,reveals the original ideology of Japanese ambassadors by detailed reading and ideological comments.He holds that Japanese ambassadors are used to highlighting the“superior”and irreplaceable of Japanese culture by comparing Europe’s culture with Japan’s.Donald Keene’s study on Japanese diaries in describing Europe belongs to non-orientalism writing,which reflects his unique cultural identity and value sequence concept.