The Maternal Writing Of Higashino Keigo's Mystery Novels

Japanese contemporary writers Higashino Keigo, hold the social mystery novel banner, concerned about the social reality actively. He deeply explored the world of women and maternal problems in marriage.Higashino Keigo created the image of irrational moth er. First of all is the lack of independence of the mother. They are anxiety and depression because of pregnant life. Their interaction between with children are as her husband as the leading. They cannot resolve themselves, and their spirit world is empti ness. They take their own life and try to destroy family. Secondly, in the relationship between mother and child, there have the mother who had to kill her daughter, and another who rely her son on the sick relationship. Finally the mother who is fall in l ove with material pleasures in life, indulge in the pursuit of sensual body. They abandon motherhood, lack of maternal spirit.In this regard, Higashino Keigo expressed hope for ideal motherhood, portrays the traditional mother in maternal. The author als o expressed their spirit of salvation for others across the family kinship, and the independent spirit of selfless dedication of single mother to take care of their children. Higashino Keigo explored motherhood and self-identity of the mother. In the unreasonable marriage system, the depressed mothers should go out of the family and pursuit of dream. Higashino Keigo revealed the mother who suffered unfair society where women were excluded from the social main body because of fertility. He shaped mother char acters successfully who try to change the reproductive system.Thus, Higashino Keego's maternal sense is complex. Higashino Keigo affirmed the positive side of the traditional maternal instinct. He agreed that women cannot be lost maternity. He shed that reproduction and maternity have no direct relationship. The mother should have a free and equal family. Higashino Keigo denied that mother is the reproductive tool and male centered family. Women should have the freedom of reproductive rights. He believes t hat the unreasonable social division of labor should be respected and valued. For the realization of social values and motherhood are not in conflict. The author encouraged women in the blocked dare to pursue their own ideals.Higashino Keigo social myster y novel in maternal writing has a distinctive realistic color. Family environment, childhood experience constitutes a potential structure of Higashino Keego's maternal writing,. Cultural Oedipus prototype in the unconscious of the Japanese nation is the in ternal driving force of Higashino Keigo maternal writing. Higashino Keigo shaped maternal image from realistic family crisis of modern society.