The Trauma Writing in Shiga Naoya’s <i>In </i><i>Kinosaki</i>

志贺直哉的心境小说《在城崎》常被置于生死观的角度下进行评析,然而以创伤视角切入会发现,作者对资本主义发展的弊端、明治维新后社会状况的相关思考同样发人深省。实际上,志贺直哉因车祸在城崎疗养结束后,不仅身体得到痊愈,心理创伤也被治愈,这从作者写完这篇小说三个月后与父亲和解可以得到考证。本文通过对三个小动物死亡场景的描写并结合周围环境描写,试图分析作者在家庭、社会经历的创伤以及创伤治愈的过程。Shiga Naoya’s introspective novel In Kinosaki is often analyzed through the lens of views on life and death. However, examining it from a traumatic perspective reveals the author’s equally profound reflections on the shortcomings of capitalist development and post-Meiji Restoration social conditions. In reality, after recovering physically from his accident and convalescing in Kinosaki, Shiga also experienced psychological healing, as evidenced by his reconciliation with his father three months after completing the novel. Through analyzing depictions of the deaths of three small animals and their surrounding environments, this paper explores the author’s personal and societal traumas, as well as his healing process.

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World Literature Studies
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2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.12677/wls.2025.133034
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Literature and Cultural Memory
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The Trauma Writing in Shiga Naoya’s In Kinosaki

佳佳 刘
World Literature Studies
Literature and Cultural Memory
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The Trauma Writing in Shiga Naoya’s In Kinosaki

佳佳 刘
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Abstract

志贺直哉的心境小说《在城崎》常被置于生死观的角度下进行评析,然而以创伤视角切入会发现,作者对资本主义发展的弊端、明治维新后社会状况的相关思考同样发人深省。实际上,志贺直哉因车祸在城崎疗养结束后,不仅身体得到痊愈,心理创伤也被治愈,这从作者写完这篇小说三个月后与父亲和解可以得到考证。本文通过对三个小动物死亡场景的描写并结合周围环境描写,试图分析作者在家庭、社会经历的创伤以及创伤治愈的过程。Shiga Naoya’s introspective novel In Kinosaki is often analyzed through the lens of views on life and death. However, examining it from a traumatic perspective reveals the author’s equally profound reflections on the shortcomings of capitalist development and post-Meiji Restoration social conditions. In reality, after recovering physically from his accident and convalescing in Kinosaki, Shiga also experienced psychological healing, as evidenced by his reconciliation with his father three months after completing the novel. Through analyzing depictions of the deaths of three small animals and their surrounding environments, this paper explores the author’s personal and societal traumas, as well as his healing process.

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