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The artist as a medium and the artwork as metaphor in Murakami Haruki’s fiction
Japan Forum Pub Date : 2020-03-02 , DOI: 10.1080/09555803.2019.1691630
Rebecca Suter

Abstract In many of Murakami Haruki’s works, the protagonist is in a profession close to the world of literature, although usually not exactly a writer. In their role as translators, advertising copywriters, journalists, or editors, Murakami’s protagonists are invested with the task of rearranging fragments of reality into narrative or artistic form, and/or of transmitting a message. This process is emotionally charged, often involving a supernatural dimension. While the process of reconstructing a narrative is largely unconscious, the narrator’s choice to act in this capacity is deliberate, and is presented as a way of fulfilling his responsibility towards others. I read this element as an expression of Murakami’s vision of the role of a writer in society. The figure of the artist-narrator takes an interesting form in Kishidanchō-Goroshi (Killing Commendatore, 2017), where the protagonist, a visual artist specialising in realistic portraits, decides to pursue a more creative approach to painting that leads him to a series of supernatural adventures. Through a close reading of the novel, this article investigates how Murakami’s portrayal of the artist as a shaman-like figure functions like a metaphor for the role of the literary author as a catalyst that enables people to connect with their inner self and with each other.

中文翻译:

村上春树小说中的艺术家媒介与艺术品隐喻

摘要 在村上春树的许多作品中,主人公的职业与文学世界很接近,尽管通常不完全是作家。作为翻译、广告撰稿人、记者或编辑的角色,村上隆的主角们肩负着将现实片段重新排列成叙事或艺术形式,和/或传递信息的任务。这个过程充满情感,通常涉及超自然的维度。虽然重构叙事的过程在很大程度上是无意识的,但叙述者选择以这种身份行事是经过深思熟虑的,并被呈现为一种履行对他人责任的方式。我认为这个元素表达了村上隆对作家在社会中的角色的看法。艺术家兼叙述者的形象在 Kishidanchō-Goroshi (Killing Commendatore, 2017) 中采用了一种有趣的形式,主角是一位专注于写实肖像的视觉艺术家,决定追求一种更具创造性的绘画方法,这导致他创作了一系列超自然的冒险。通过对小说的仔细阅读,本文探讨了村上春树将艺术家描绘成一个萨满般的人物是如何起到隐喻文学作者作为催化剂的作用,使人们能够与他们的内在自我以及相互联系。 .
更新日期:2020-03-02
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