On The Family Values In 'Kitchen'

In the Japanese literary world,Banana Yoshimoto and Haruki Murakami are called the “emperor of literature" and "the queen of literature". Banana Yoshimoto has its unique charm of literature, her literature focus on the Japanese young people's psychological state, at the same time, puts forward a new family pattern to adapt to the trend of The Time. Japanese family system home to the edo period, has experienced the transition of the matriarchal society to patriarchal to female subordination. After the second world war, with the awakening of female consciousness and the change in the law, people began to continuously explore new family pattern. Although, Japan's family idea has experienced many times of changes and explorations, but the blood has been the most important factor in the family. Banana's new family pattern just breaks it,break the bondage of the blood relationship, the family idea of "no blood relationship"are put forward.The kitchen is the first literary work of Banana Yoshimoto. Throughout tells the story of the hero who lost his parents, how to live through the pain and to grow. The herowho lost his parents is accepted by new type of family, which no blood relationship with himself. In the family, the hero felt the warmth of family, the spiritual resonance,freedom and equality in the family and so on. The family of no blood relationship can be a spiritual retreat, let people breathe under pressure, let young people to grow.Banana said, "Compared with death itself, I'm more interested in describing soul recovery". In fact, Banana has been trying to use her literature to heal the spirit of death of young people, ask them to find the way forward and to grow.?The Kitchen?of Banana, reflect the significance of the family of no blood relationship, according to the growth of the MeiYing and XiongYi.