The critical realism of the novels of Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami is a serious belles-lettres writer with a title of petty bourgeois. With calm perspective, his writing points to the profound problems of human society, and also criticizes and analyses the history of World War II which is a closely guarded secret to most Japanese. The important topics of his literature are generally about the exposure of human nature under special time background, various deep problems accompanying with modern civilization, and the wounds brought to human by wars.

徘徊于审美乌托邦与宗教乌托邦之间——果戈理的文学思想轨迹刍议

果戈理向来被界定为现实主义或"批判现实主义"的作家。也有人因其对生活丑恶的夸张变形而称之为"怪诞现实主义"。然而,本文认为,就果戈理本人而言,就创作主体的精神气质而言,他更像是一位浪漫主义作家。果戈理一生潜心于其乌托邦世界的建构,他的文学思想徘徊于审美乌托邦与宗教乌托邦之间;他的文学世界始终潜在地奔涌着浪漫主义的情怀。