| Haruki Murakami, a Japanese writer, is a strange being and a peculiar social phenomenon in the world literary circle at the contemporary age. Since the publication of his novel Norwegian Wood was published, it has aroused very close attention all over the world in the eighties last century, and all his works have become the best seller in the East and West book fairs as well. The amount of the distribution of his works reaches to millions and even more. But, on the other hand, he has been criticized and queried by Japanese critics at home. Some of the critics hold that Haruki's works shows a loss during the time when traditional Japanese literature is turning to that of Modernism and that his works"is but like a kind of swindling marriage to readers"and "mustn't be read ". encountering this complicated and diametrically opposed situation of appreciation and criticism, like and dislike, we should interpret and grasp objectively and concretely the gain and loss in his works and understand subjective or objective problems of the works through analyzing the theme and the features of his books With the help of this kind of thoroughly study the general regularity in Haruki's writing will be discovered, which will certainly be shocked up and enlightened. So, I think this is the value to be worth studying because of complication and diversified polysemous of his works.This a thesis aims to understand the social and historical value of hid works in general and to see though the unique literary and social thoughts objectively and subjectively through interpreting a concrete version, Dance! Dance! Dance! by Haruki,According to the following points of view and materials, the writer of this thesis has analyzed and exposed the social and historical contents of the novel Dance! Dance! Dance!I. In the stage of highly developed capitalism, the different styles of art will approach to their own ends in different ways.1,Integrated it style in movies TVsThe integrated art style, movie and TV, which intermingles poem, music, dance and painting together, is the typical example of the modern mass consumer culture. Because the producers followed the concept of commercialization and market-oriented management, art has been conformed to a conventional pattern brought to destruction.The film star go han da repeats idol-styled and idol-character-oriented performance under the control and restrain of the mass and the movie-producers, and he at last commits suicide by drowning himself at sea for he feels that he can't get any freedom in his private life as well as in his work, which has revealed ultimate cruelness of mass consume culture that destroys art and the individual himself.2, The Modern PhotographyAs an advanced modern technology of instantaneous picture-taking, photography is a kind of formative art that is easier and quicker than painting and more capable in copying and distributing. However this art has been margined by colorful and acoustic movies, TV plays, advertising and other media because of its weakness of unitariness in vision, limitation in appreciable general appearance of a picture.In the time of the Urban Culture Age, u, a photographer, has performed a tragedy of self-destruction as a result of giving up the elite culture awareness, and being stuck to the traditional art criterions and classical taste. But his fate proves that those who watch and guard must keep silent.3, The Traditional Art of PoetryThe language in Poetry used to be the top art of literature, which is now being impinged by integrated art forms, such as movie and TV, and also gradually influenced by commercial consumer culture of the modern time. Poetry has already become a servant of mass consumer culture and is influential when it is in form of songs in movie or TV plays or advertisingDick, an American poet, has stepped into Yu's footstep u trying to seek a kind spiritual comfort in Japanese national literature and its national spirit. This reveals that English poetry, being considered the representative of the modern poetry, has lost its holy status and exposes the disintegration of the western subjective consciousness.4, The Art of Popular FictionsAs a traditional popular literature form, a fiction by a writer has once brought up glory for an age and marked of that time, and on the other hand, readers would choose to know some of history from fictions. But, in this integrated multi-dimensional era of modern culture, fictions are sure to be in an inferior position competing with the fast-food culture represented by advertising.Ki mura taku,being a free novelist, could not attract any attention of the mass no matter how hard he has tried to watch every mood of the society or follow the fashion or seek novelty. He can not succeed unless when he immerge into the influence of movie, TV , advertising and commercial management.5, The CommercialsAdvertisement, being born as an accessory from economic society and existing on commodity exchange and mass consumption, has become the most attractive and acceptable consume culture industry in the modern world because it can be used to lubricate the commodity circulating and stimulate consumption of the society though its form is still in the stage of simplicity and immaturity.Advertising writer "I" will earn a good great deal of money to afford big house and vehicle without working too hard.II In the era of monopolistic capitalism, there are full of plots, scandals and violence in the field of social politics, economy, education and entertainment, as a result, the spiritual life of the mass is barren and illusory.1, The Deterioration of Family Ethics ConceptIn time of pursuing for material welfare and freedom, blood tie has been insufficient to maintain a family relationship, family members do not mean the dearest and most important ones what's worse cold every family member is selfish and indifferent.The story about 13 year-old young girl yu ki, who has been forgotten frequently by her mother and at last she is entrusted to the care of another person, exposes a family picture in which family members has become strangers and gone everybody's own way.2, The Rigid Education SystemThe fundamental education regulation practiced in all Japanese school for enslaving the mass is to acquire"Identity National Spirit", and the core of it is to"respect Emperor and love the country ". The contemporary Education Edict are forced to recite, the contemporary national anthem is forced tossing and national flag is forced to set up. All these together has formed rigid education system.yu ki, a young girl, is a talent but is discriminated, for she is not following others and obeying customs so her schoolmates have adopted a hostile attitude towards her and her teachers have inhibited her3, Illegal Commercial ManagementIn a centralized society of money and power where commerce and authority form an alliance and plutocrats and politicians gang up with each other, state power guarantees for enterprise cooperation groups and scholars, even local ruffian will pave the way for monopolization. In such a society, ordinary businessmen and proprietors are in a precarious and dangerous state.When Old Dolphin Hotel is forced to offer for sale, yu bi ki, who works as a waitress here, is worried and she will walk into darkness at any time. This shows the reality.4, Eroticism and ViolenceUnder the shield of fairness, justice, democracy and legal institution, eroticism and violence can't be controlled in power-and-money society. On the contrary they exist attaching to money and power and come into operation under the cover of state machine and patriarchy power.si si and mi mi ,who are prostitutes, have been trapped as modern sexual slaves in an unequal society for man and woman. They can not uphold justice under the violence of male, which deeply exposes the evil in modern civilization society.III. Revealing the Nature of Highly Developed Capitalist Society1, The inclination of a plotrization and violencerization in the monopoly capitalist management2, The lack of morality, and deterioration of values in society;3, Conservation in a society of high systemization and under strong state machine .4, Pursuit of material and all-commercialized phenomenon in money- controlled society5, As macro-economic policy of stimulating consumption in the post-capitalist time.By analyzing the problems mentioned above, we can grasp the creative characteristics of Haruki Murakami's writing after his turning point in the middle eighties last century, which showing his care for reality and deep thought of current social problems. But objectively speaking, Haruki has just exposed scars and observed the nature, but he hasn't drawn up prescriptions for solving these. In this way, .Haruki is somewhat passive and seemingly to be"at loss at this turning point". |
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