Transparent Literary Arts Advocate And Practice By Murakami Ryu's "Near

Japanese literature research field generally thinks that the 1970s＇Japanese literature with missing grand narrative and questioned literature significance is a period of recession. The only lightspot is the "transparent literature" genre in the mid 1970s, leading by murakamiryuu. Its representative work is murakamiryuu's maiden work, near-limitless transparent blue.The so-called " transparent literature" or "transparent novelist", includes murakamiryuu,nakauegennji,Makoto Macro and Masuo Ikeda,etc. These writers reflect social reality in their creations and show concerns about existed spiritual crises after war. From artistic expression, it includes sex, drugs, violence and etc, describing the subject straightforward with no hiding, and had formed the unique style. Near-limitless transparent blue is set in the U.S. military base in Tokyo during 1960s to 1970s. It depicts decadent life of a group of post-war Japanese youth. In the end, the hero with a broken glass cut his arm, and the lightly curve glass presenting a "near-limitless transparent blue" through blood and the dawn of sunshine. Not only the novel, but also "transparent literature" earns its name. This novel awarded the 19th New group portrait prize for literature in May,1976, and the 75th Akutagawa Prize for Literature in July.This article analyzes this novel from the following four aspects. It combines the artistic characteristic and value with murakamiryuu's creation. It gives affirmation on his works in Japanese literature.First, it starts from the existence of U.S. military base in postwar Japan real-life, the "countersecurity" movement in the 1960s and 1970s and zenngonndorevolution in mid 1960s. It thinks that it's the time that make murakamiryuu and his work—near-limitless transparent blue famous.Second, it analyzes the main characters, like ake, Lily and etc. It starts from the characteristics of shaping method.It believes that these Japanese characters as the epitome of the younger generation in post-war is a production of murakamiryuu's real-life experience and his knowledge. He completed his literary creation by self-othering.Third, murakamiryuu is a writer and a film director. The most significant artistic feature of this work in embodying post-modernism and its factors is that it integrates with film montage art, and find a new form of the novel text.Fourth, near-limitless transparent blue is not only a work that positively explore the artistic performance of postmodernism, but also a literary text that actively think about Japanese culture and modern ethics. In this sense, the value of this work is beyond the literary work itself. It is an authentic literary record of Japanese Society in 1970s, which is deeply influenced by U.S military occupation and culture. As the classical work of "transparent literature ", it is worthy of the name.