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On The "rebellious" Women In Osamu Dazai’s Literature

Posted on:2021-05-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X H PengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2505306122970889Subject:Chinese Language and Literature
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Osamu Dazai is a representative writer of post-war "rogue" literature,and Kawabata Yasunari and Yukio Mishima are also known as the pinnacles of Japanese post-war literature.His works are hailed as the "Indestructible Pyramid of Showa Literature",and his representative works include Villon’s Wife,The Setting Sun and No Longer Human.Osamu Dazai not only built a large number of female images in his works,but also the women in his pen have very distinctive personal characteristics.This article selects two novels,Villon’s Wife and The Setting Sun,to systematically analyze the "rebellious" women in the novel,and then reveals the "rebellious" spirit pinned on women by Osamu Dazai.This thesis is mainly composed of four parts.The introduction part mainly discusses the research background of the thesis and the research status of Osamu Dazai in China.The first chapter will analyze the "rebellious" traits of the main female characters in these two novels in combination with the post-World War II Japanese social environment,that is,the mother’s Non-secular quality,and the Individual female Kazuko’s unethical love that destroys the old morality to resist the old tradition,the wife realized the "transfiguration" of female consciousness awakening in the "fallen".The second chapter will focus on the specific role played by Osamu Dazai’s writing techniques in the construction of "rebellious" women in the novel,that is,the use of the perspective of the first-person female monologue narrative combined with the insertion of diaries,letters or suicide notes in the text and the variatione of the perspective,makes the psychology of "rebellious" female in the work has been reasonably explained,and also has been emotionally recognized by the reader;the full use of symbolic techniques makes the "rebellious" consciousness of Kazuko and the wife in the progressive symbol system has been built up;the systematic use of contrasting techniques has made the images of the three "rebellious" women highlighted and strengthened in the "contrast" type of reflection.The third chapter will explore the source of the "rebellious" women in the work,combining the influence of female images in Japanese traditional literature,The post-war "rebellious" cultural environment and the conflict between Osamu Dazai and his family.
Keywords/Search Tags:Osamu Dazai, "rebellious" female image, Villon’s Wife, The Setting Sun
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