Haruki Murakami's Narrative Revolution: The Shift in Perspective and the Deepening of Literary Connotations
村上春树文学的叙事革命：人称变化与文学内涵的深化

摘要

村上春树的作品深受读者青睐，并在学界、知识界引起广泛关注。其中尤以《挪威的森林》、《海边的卡夫卡》这两部小说最具代表性，以2008年在东京开展的村上春树研究座谈会为例，对这两部小说的相关研究发表就占据了近一半。虽然对其作品的相关研究颇多，著述颇丰，但绝大多数都从作品论的角度出发，对其44年创作生涯中所出现的转变进行的分析也基本上都是从主题的转变入手的。本文以《挪威的森林》、《海边的卡夫卡》为中心，从村上文学人称的变化这个角度对文本进行分析，揭示了村上春树作品中的一个显著转变：从第一人称叙述到第三人称叙述的过渡。这种转变使得村上的作品逐渐具有了他者性和历史性，标志着他的作品开始迈向“综合小说”的创作路径。

Abstract

Haruki Murakami's works are highly favored by readers and have garnered widespread attention in academic and intellectual circles. Particularly, the novels "Norwegian Wood" and "Kafka on the Shore" stand out as the most representative. As evidenced by a Murakami research symposium held in Tokyo in 2008, nearly half of the presentations focused on these two novels. Although there is a plethora of studies on Murakami's works, the majority of these analyses approach from the perspective of work studies, and the analysis of the changes in his 44-year creative career mainly focuses on thematic shifts. This paper, centered on "Norwegian Wood" and "Kafka on the Shore," analyzes the texts from the perspective of the changes in Murakami's narrative voice, revealing a significant transformation in Murakami's works: the transition from first-person narration to third-person narration. This shift has endowed Murakami's works with a sense of otherness and historicity, marking a move towards the path of "composite novels" in his creative journey.