A Study Of The Life-Death Writing In Yoshimoto Banana’s Novels

In the works of Yoshimoto Banana,a contemporary Japanese female writer,the baptism of plight often makes life full of more tenacious power.In terms of story form,her novels are full of death events,but behind death is life and survival.In terms of main idea,although her novels have the illusory beauty of "I novel",they contain positive life direction.Starting from the death proposition that all human beings need to face,she reproduces the attitude and choice of people in different identities when they are in the face of death,forming the view of life and death of "knowing death and realizing life".In terms of means of expression,her language is easy to understand,full of pictorial sense,she is good at making inner monologues,arousing a general emotional resonance among readers.This paper will start with death,dig out the unique life-death writing in Banana’s novels,then clarify the view of life and death in Banana’s novels.The text of this paper is divided into five parts.The introduction part firstly clarifies the origin and significance of the research,then briefly introduces Banana’s novels,summarizes the research status of Banana at home and abroad,clarifies the research focus and vacancy in the academic circle,and establishes the research method and innovation of this paper on this basis.The first chapter,"Knowing Death",from the perspective of "death",sorts out the two forms of death in Banana’s main works and summarizes the functions of these two forms of death.The first section discusses the death of the physical body in Banana’s works,including the numerous abnormal deaths and the normal but profound deaths,and explores the traditional and practical significance embodied in them: The various forms of death in Banana’s works imply the characteristics of The Times.It not only restores the modern urban scene from different aspects,but also expresses the writer’s adherence to the position of life.The second section explores the spiritual death in Banana’s works,discusses the alienation and depression of modern people in Banana’s works from the performance of suicide and trauma survivors,and makes clear another implication of death in Banana’s works: Death does not simply point to physical extinction,but also contains the factor of spiritual defeat.Spiritual defeat forms another kind of death.Under the mental pressure,people lose the coherence and integrity of life,which is actually death.The second chapter,"Between life and Death",from the perspective of "mysterious elements",discusses the performance and function of surreal elements in the writing of life and death.The first section discusses the construction of surreal subject from soul and superhuman.In Banana’s novels,the dead will become ghosts,the living’s souls can be separated from the body,and people with supernatural powers are common,acting as a bridge between the living and the dead,they play a key role in the return of the living from death to life.The second section sets out the construction of surreal time and space from the perspective of dreams and another world,and makes it clear that the elements of surreal play an indispensable role in Banana’s life and death writing.Dream is not only a symbol of darkness after the lack of vitality,but also a space for communication between trauma survivors and the dead.Dream is not only like an endless black hole devouring vitality,but also a bridge beyond reality.The another world is the final recognition of death by the living,and also reflects the isolation between life and death.The third chapter,"Realizing life",from the perspective of "life",discusses how Banana’s characters complete the in-depth cognition from life proposition to survival proposition in the face of death events.The first section discusses reflection on life in Banana’s works: from the recognition of self-life to the revelation of natural life,in order to clarify the meaning of life subject.The second section discusses realistic orientation in Banana’s works,and combines Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory to clarify Banana’s "love" and "daily aesthetics".The conclusion summarizes Yoshimoto Banana’s unique view of life and death in her novels,discusses its practical significance from the individual,group and social aspects,and briefly summarizes the reasons why Yoshimoto Banana has been widely accepted by readers from the perspective of narration of life and death.