吉本芭娜娜小说的空间叙事与女性意识

The Space Narrative and Female Consciousness of Banana Yoshimoto’s Novels

日本当代女作家吉本芭娜娜以一部特色鲜明的空间小说《厨房》登上文坛,该小说将女性与“厨房”这一家庭空间密切结合,讲述了少女美影重燃人生希望的故事。芭娜娜小说中的空间可能是隐秘的“厨房”,可能是介乎内外空间的“院子”,还可能是虚拟的网络世界。空间不仅是芭娜娜小说的叙事舞台,还是其表征人物性格、编排叙事结构、推动故事情节的有效方式。这在其小说《厨房》《蜜月旅行》《橡果姐妹》等作品中均有很好的体现,以其中的空间叙事为中心进行分析可以看出作者对置身不同空间中的女性处境的关照,还可一并管窥其作品所具有的现实意义。

The contemporary Japanese female writer Banana Yoshimoto entered the world literary stage with a space novel Kitchen . Combining the females with the family space of “kitchen”, this novel tells the story of the life revitalization of a girl named Mikage. The space in Banana 's novels may be a private “kitchen”, a “yard” between the inside and outside space or a virtual online world. Space is not only the narrative stage of Banana s novels, but also an effective way to characterize characters, arrange narrative structures, and promote the plot movement. This is well reflected in her novels like Kitchen , Honeymoon , Donguri Shimai , etc. From the spatial narrative analysis, the concern about females in different spaces can be easily seen and it will also be helpful to understand the significance of her literary works in reality.