A Study Of "Penrose Stairs" Writing Style Of Kazuo Ishiguro's Novels

The style of Kazuo Ishiguro's novels is different from Japanese,British and immigrants' s literatures.In his novels,the sense of misplacement caused by his memory narrative,dreamworld narrative and free association narrative;the living circumstances of unpeaceful,lonely and embarrassed,for these features match with the characteristics of “Penrose Stairs”,Kazuo Ishiguro's creation is called the style of“Penrose Stairs” writing.Based on the concepts of “Penrose Stairs” of different fields and its further applications,also the trans-discipline use of another geometric concept “Mobius Strip” to film critiques,this dissertation applies for the trans-discipline use of“Penrose Stairs” to literature critiques.Memory narrative,dreamworld narrative and free association narrative are the main narratives of Kazuo Ishiguro's “Penrose Stairs” writings,they not only make the readers feel the sense of misplacement,also are the strong weapons to describe the cognitive dislocation of figures.The unpeaceful,lonely and embarrassed living circumstances of figures in Kazuo Ishiguro's novels match with the situations of trapped people in the “Penrose Stairs”.The dilemma depicted by Kazuo Ishiguro's novels,including the psychological dilemma caused by human weaknesses,dilemma of marginalized living spaces and turbulent dilemma led by social changes are the reasons which caused the living circumstances of “Penrose Stairs”.Kazuo Ishiguro's style of“Penrose Stairs” writing reflects the living circumstances of modern lives,inspires readers to think about the past,present and future,it also builds a bridge between literature forms and world relations.By generalizing Kazuo Ishiguro's writing features,and analyzing them with the geometric concept,this dissertation aims to discover the generalities hidden under his diverse writing surfaces.Through the assistance of a unique geometric concept,this dissertation finds out the connections and consistency between novelist's specialnovel forms and profound themes.From vertical view,this paper deepen the research of Kazuo Ishiguro and his novels,from horizontal view,this paper strives to widen the contributions of geometric concepts to literature critiques.