| Kobo Abe is called Japanese master of existentialism. Under the influence of the western literature ideological trend, his works combine existentialism, communism, and surrealism as a whole. He writes in a way of bizarre plot arrangement, the character alienation and other techniques to describe the dilemma of the modern urbanite, which has subverted the traditional Japanese private novel narrative technique. Kobo Abe is a prolific writer. His novels have made significant achievement. At the same time, the dramas also occupy an important place in Japanese literary world. Based on the novel text of Kobo Abe as the research basis, the thesis writer has formed two big theme comparison demonstration systems of "Alienation " and "Attribution ". For the theme of "Attribution ", this thesis has sorted out the transition process of character behavior pattern from passive alienation-transformation period-active alienation. For the theme of "Attribution", it has combed the process of the characters to look for external attribution-mind attribution-source attribution. And then it sums up the theme of the coexistence of "Alienation" and "Attribution" of Abe’s novels. In his novels, Abe tries to explore the possible survival of the state by different patterns of the behavior of the character, and he tries to create out of the original community for the Modern Utopia."Alienation" is in order to find new kind of "Attribution", but the new "Attribution" is perhaps the prelude of the "Alienation" for next time. Individuals can not survive in a kind of identity existence and a behavior mode, therefore, the "Alienation" and "Attribution" is the fate of every modem people.In addition to the abstract, introduction and conclusion, the body part consists of three chapters.Chapter One:The thesis introduces the social environment of Abe’s novel writing, as well as ideas, literary group and the effect on literary concept formation, based on the following three aspects:the post-war social background, the development of communication of ideological trend and the postwar writers group in Japan. Then it analyses his works and summarizes the characteristics of each period in writing, according to the change of kobo Abe’s writing style in different periodsChapter Two:The thesis puts forward the "Alienation" theme of Kobo Abe’s novels. It sums up the transition process of leading characters’ behavior patterns from his works in different period and serves it as the hidden clues of essay writing in this chapter. The thesis writer demonstrates the transition process of Alienation " from the following aspects:individual alienation, symbolized character image, attitude and perspective of straggler, creation of new space. Individuals are in a indifferent survival state of person and society, person and person, and marginalized, then they become self alienation, which is a phenomenon that individuals are alienated by the society and other people in a passive behavior mode. The character image is symbolized. Characters in the novel show a contradiction between the fear of losing social identity and escaping away the society, which has caused the imbalance of self identity. Therefore the writer summarizes in the thesis that the symbolized characters is a transition from the passive to active alienation. In the section of attitude and perspective of straggler,"Tank Man", a bold departure, deviates from the original community, voluntarily and boldly, this shows out the significance of the behavior mode of alienation for the first time. Creation of new space does push the process of active alienation to the peak.Chapter Three:The thesis analyses the expression of the "Attribution" theme from the following aspects:the search for self-identity, the "Hometown" complex contained in the work and the writing metaphorical meaning of the female image. Self-identity is an individual looking for the social significance of the existence, which can be regarded as external and geographical sense of attribution. The writing of "Hometown" complex is the process for Abe to internalize the meaning of attribution, same as looking for the attribution of mind. The metaphorical meaning of the female image can be understood as the origin of the attribution. |
