与孤独共存——论青山七惠小说集《风》的孤独主题

Living with Loneliness——On the Theme of Loneliness in Aoyama Nanae s Collection of Short StoriesKaze

《风》是当代日本新锐作家青山七惠的近作,这部小说集秉承了作者一贯的女性视角,细腻的笔触描绘了当代城市女性的孤独状态,对孤独有着独特深刻的认识。本文首先缕析小说中的孤独人生现象,再进一步挖掘孤独主题背后的文化价值与文化内涵。青山七惠笔下的女性人物,从接纳孤独到与孤独共舞中重获力量,作者从中肯定了孤独对于女性自我成长的意义,这可视为对当代日本社会存在的疏离感的后现代诠释。

Kaze(Wind)is the latest work of Aoyama Nanae,a promising contemporary Japanese writer.This collection of short stories inherits the author s consistent female perspective,depicts the lonely state of contemporary urban women in delicate strokes,and shows a unique and profound understanding of loneliness.This paper first analyzes the phenomenon of loneliness in the stories and then further explores the cultural value and connotation behind the theme.The female characters in Aoyama s works learn to accept loneliness and regain their strength from living with loneliness.The author affirms the significance of loneliness to women s self-growth,which can be regarded as a postmodern interpretation of the sense of alienation in contemporary Japanese society.