作為「危機作家」的村上春樹

Abstract

有關村上春樹文學男女間的脆弱性（vulnerability）（容易受傷），將延續在《層》第4號（2011年3月）期刊中的敘述，我將討論面對自然與社會危機之村上文學的樣式特徵進行討論。\\r 自確立其作家地位的《尋羊冒險記》（1982）以降，村上的文本敘事，可以說長期以來一以貫之地經常由意外的事故所引發的地震、激進宗教犯罪、戰爭等暴力性的危機，於其中交織著幻想性與歷史，描繪出其威脅到個人的生存的各樣局面。\\r 由這個意涵而言，村上正是一個「危機的作家」。本演講嘗試將村上文學其危機之位階，尤其以《列克星敦的幽霊》（1996）、《神的孩子都在跳舞》（1999）、《東京奇譚集》（2005）等短篇作品為題材進行解讀。

Since the publication of Wild Sheep Chase, a work in which Murakami Haruki established his position as an literary author, the depiction of various conditions of crisis has become one of the writer`s primary concerns. Characteristic of his texts are the portrayal of the violent and life-threatening crises, which include unexpected accidents, crimes committed by cults or wars, to name but a few. Since his stories are consistent in narrating of crisis blended with fantasy or history, it is no exaggeration to call him the Author of Crisis. In this article, I will analyze and estimate the place of crisis in Murakami`s literature, especially in some of his short story collections such as The Ghost of Lexington, After the Quake, and Tokyo Strange Stories.