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On The Deconstruction Characteristics Of Yoko Tawada's Novels

Posted on:2021-03-13Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:N N DongFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330626464824Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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After graduating from college,Yoko Tawada moved to Germany and settled in Hamburg,where she began writing in both Japanese and German.She began her career as a professional writer in 1991.Since then she continued to produce new works,winning numerous literary awards both in Japan and internationally.In the modern Japanese literary circle,the creation of female writers represented by Yoko Tawada is considered to be the third peak of Japanese female literary creation.As a member of the idea of constructing new novels in Japan,Yoko Tawada contributed her own strength to the enrich literary world by creating innovative and experimental novels.Studying her works helps us to understand Yoko Tawada's literary world better and deepen our understanding of the characteristics of the writer.Due to the limitation of language,Chinese researches on Yoko Tawada are not very rich.Since 2013,some Chinese scholars have started from postmodernism and analyzed the postmodern characteristics of Yoko Tawada 's literary by applying relevant theories.In the process of analysis,both ji wenxin and liang ying mentioned the deconstructive characteristics of Yoko Tawada's literary creation,but did not discuss them systematically.On the basis of the first study,related resources of existing research,this paper center on Yoko Tawada's works "Three relations","Dog son-in-law to the Door","Flying Soul",“The suspect's night train”,” the trainee of snow”,” The Diary of walking with language”,all of these have been published and translated into Chinese.Using represented by Derrida's deconstruction theorists of the related theory,through the analysis of the composing methods of the writer and creative ideas to understand the characteristics of deconstruction of writers literary creation,tries to have a more comprehensive understanding and grasp to Yoko Tawada's creation.This paper consists of three parts: introduction,text and conclusion.In the introduction,the author and her literary creation are briefly introduced,and the preliminary research,the origin of the writing and the innovation of the research are expounded.The body part consists of three chapters.Chapter one: the origin of deconstruction and Yoko Tawada's creation.Firstly,it briefly introduces the emergence and characteristics of deconstruction.Then summarizes its connection with literature.Finally,through the social development and personal life experience,it investigates the causes and manifestations of deconstruction's influence on the creation concept of manhohetian leaf.Chapter two: combining with specific works.This paper discusses the multiple connotations of deconstruction in Yoko Tawada's literature from three aspects: the breakthrough of "dual" narrative mode,the subversion of "humanism",and the application of the writing paradigm of "meta-novel".Chapter three: combining the works.Through the poetic language and the surreal space and time in Yoko Tawada's novels,this paper discusses the innovation and experiment of Yoko Tawada's literature.Epilogue part,to summarize the full text,suggests and ideas of deconstruction is one of the important reasons that formed her unique literary creation.Studying her works from deconstructivism provides a more comprehensive grasp and literature with greater possibilities.
Keywords/Search Tags:Yoko Tawada, Deconstructivism, Narrative mode, Symbol, Space-time, Language
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