摘要
追问普通人的社会和政治责任,是石黑一雄小说创作的重要主题之一。在《远山淡影》和《浮世画家》中,作家从日常生活的层面考察了日本战后社会的变化及走向:战争记忆成为人们小心回避的话题,与个人的惨痛经验一起被压抑在无意识的深处。美国化进程迅速清除了战争的废墟,经济复兴延续并强化了日本自现代以来的西方优等生文化,使得日本未能以战败为契机反思其整个现代进程以及现代本身的内在问题。石黑一雄通过揭示日常生活、文化、艺术与政治之间的密切关系,思考了大众尤其是知识分子自觉承担战后责任和正确行使政治职能的重要性。
One of the most important themes of Kazuo Ishiguro's works is exploring the social and political responsibility of ordinary people. In A Pale View of Hills and An Artist of the Floating World, he examines the transformation and social trends of post-war Japan from the perspective of everyday life. The people choose to avoid talking about the memories of war which have been deeply buried inside the unconsciousness with personal painful experiences.In the process of Americanization, the ruins of war were cleared up rapidly, and economic regeneration extended and intensified the superiority of Japan as a top student of the West which has been rooted in Japan since modern time. Japanese people thus failed to reflect on the modern process of Japan as a whole and the inner problem of modernity. By discovering the intimate connection between everyday life, culture, art and politics, Kazuo Ishiguro encourages the general public especially the intellectuals to undertake their post-war responsibility consciously so as to perform their political function correctly.
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