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On Haruki Murakami's "Writing History Of War Of Aggression"

Posted on:2019-06-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:R HeFull Text:PDF
GTID:2435330548971303Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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As a Japanese writer who was born after World War II,and exerts a wide range of influence to the world,especially the East Asia,Haruki Murakami' s writing of the history of the aggression war naturally gathered attention of readers(especially Chinese readers).This article will analyze Murakami's writing of the history of the aggression war in his A Wild Sheep Chase,The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore.In view of the lack of clear and effective analytical methods in the research achievements of predecessors,this paper attempts to establish a logical chain of "what-why-how" through the combined analysis method of "Micro" and "Macro",in order to make a more accurate analysis and evaluation of Murakami's writing of the history of the aggression war.First of all,this paper focuses on the writing of the history of the aggression war in A Wild Sheep Chase,The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore,clarifies its characteristics and solves the problem of “what”.Of course,the writing of the history of the aggression war is only a part of the novel,so it is necessary to think about the history of the aggression war from a more "macro" angle.Specifically,it is to analyze the causes of the characteristics on the basis of Murakami's creative thinking and the whole novel and to solve the problem of "why".Following the above methods,the author believes that Murakami's writing of the history of the aggression war has the characteristics of "imbalance",which has strengthened the victim image of the Japanese and weakened the aggressive nature of the war of aggression.However,in view of his exposure to the perpetrator identity of Japanese to a certain extent,and the certain degree of reasonableness of “imbalance”,the author believes that it is not true that Murakami deliberately avoided or denied the aggressiveness of the war started by the militaristic Japan,the “perpetrator” role of Japanese,or theharm to the invaded countries(and their people)through his literary creation.However,even if it is not "intentional",based on the limited perspectives of Murakami in the choice of reflecting on certain issues through his writing of the history of the aggression war,we should not give Murakami an overrated comment on the writing of the war of aggression whether it is from the historical recognition conveyed by the writing of the history of the aggression war itself,or the role of the writing of the history of the aggression war on Murakami's thinking.
Keywords/Search Tags:Haruki Murakami, War, History
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