乌托邦、监狱与瘟疫:大江健三郎《感化院的少年》中的“反乌托邦”书写

Utopia,Prison and Plague:The Dystopian Writing in Nip the Buds by Kenzaburo Oe

日本文学家大江健三郎的首部长篇小说《感化院的少年》中建构了一个乌托邦与监狱共存的特殊空间,同时加入瘟疫这一要素,描绘出瘟疫空间下的人们的生存图景。富有较强的隐喻性,既承载了作者对美好生活的向往,同时借此反观战后日本社会,着眼和平年代下的危机与隐患,启迪人们的危机意识。时值新冠疫情刚刚退去,探讨瘟疫与空间,更多了几分现实意义。

Kenzaburo Oe reconstructs in his maiden novel,Nip the Buds,a special space for the co-existance of utopia and prison,together with a third presence-plague,presenting a picture of human life within an ambiance of pestilence.As a metaphorical novel of considerable intensity,Nip for the Buds conveys the author’s aspiration for good life and a reflection of post-war Japan with a focus on the crisis and latent troubles in peacetime,aiming to evoke consciousness of contingency of the populace.When the COVID-19 just receded,a thematic study of space and pestilence is definitely realistically significant.