The Research On The Connotations Of “1Q84” Written By Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami, the contemporary Japanese writer, has occupied a major position in the field of literature for more than three decades with Hear the Wind Sing. During this period, he has created numerous works, received countless honors, obtained favors and recognition among readers all over the world. Amidst the thirty years’ creation, Haruki Murakami has kept enriching his works and honing his writing skills and been gradual growth and maturity——initially, the implicitness and vagueness of themes as well as dullness and obscurity of characters have shown in his oups, and presented story priority at the middle stage, recently turned to the reflections on the crisis of spiritual civilization. Haruki Murakami attaches great importance to human beings and contemplates on society, indicating he is courageous to assume social responsibilities.This article chooses Haruki Murakami’s work after transformation, 1Q84, as the research object. The author intend to interpret the connotations of 1Q84 to explore into the hidden meaning by analyzing the structural mode and narrative perspective of the novel, and elaborating on the metaphors in the novel. The author thinks that the interpretation of the name lays a foundation for the novel’s writing background and that the application of metaphors points at the gist of the novel. On the one hand, the novel’s creation technique inherits the writer’s own consistent style.; On the other hand, he outdoes himself in writing skills. Moreover, during the writing process, he also completes the transition of creation styles. The specific chapters are arranged as follows:In Chapter One, the author analyzes the writing background, and introduces the reasons ‘why does Murakami write’ by elaborating on the title of 1Q84. Besides, placing Haruki Murakami’s creation under the influences of the predecessors, the approaches of novel interpreting is enriched and the predecessors’ spirit is inherited in this work by comparative visual threshold method.In Chapter Two, the author attempts to explain the Murakami’s consistent writing skills by analyzing the metaphors in the novel. Metaphors can connect the forms of consciousness and narrative methods. By elaborating them, the writer’s hidden attitude behind the work can be exhibited.In Chapter Three, the research forces on analyzing the structure of the novel, construction of duality-world and the third-person perspective. The story adapts the parallel-mode-structural method, which can help build the duality-world, and interweave the seemingly scattered stories in the chapters of 1Q84. The limited perspective of the third-person is the innovative point that distinguishes this work from his other works. Haruki Murakami introduces the limited perspective of the third-person which is order to master the speech right of the novel. Thus, the seemingly independent reflections of the characters in the novel are actually controlled by the writer.In the final chapter, the author delves into the connotations of novel on the basis of the previous chapters. No matter the choosing of theme of the novel, structural method, writing techniques or narrative perspectives, all keep close pace with the times and correlate with the main idea of the novel. Haruki Murakami hopes to activate readers to reflect on the cause of violence and urge them to keep a sober attitude by creating the book.