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「UFO降落在釧路」(『新潮』1999.8,以下簡稱「UFO」)是作者村上春樹於阪神‧淡路大地震後創作的短篇作品,作者並將有關震後發表的短篇集結成冊,是為『神的孩子都在跳舞』(新潮社、2000.2)。而「UFO」是為該短篇作品集中的第一篇作品。地震發生後的五天裡,小村太太每天從早到晚守著電視看著地震報導,儘管在災區沒有任何的親戚與友人。直到第六天,小村下班回家發現妻子獨留下紙條,人已消失蹤影。不久,妻子老家寄來離婚協議書。小村被迫接受離婚事實。同事佐佐木得知他請了一個禮拜長假,特別請託他帶個包裹到北海道的釧路給他的妹妹,小村並沒有任何休假計畫,也就順口答應。小村抵達釧路機場時,佐佐木的妹妹keiko及她的友人shimao前來接機,爾後圍繞著三個人之間的故事就此展開。村上春樹曾在『神的孩子都在跳舞』的解說中提到:「盡可能用象徵的形式來描寫那個地震所帶來的東西。也就是說將那件事情的本質寄託於各種『別的東西』來談論」。那麼,村上所說「那個地震所帶來的東西」,也就是「那件事情的本質」究竟為何?筆者認為這正是解讀「UFO」的關鍵所在。本論文主要藉由分析主角小村這個人物,並透過掌握他的心情轉變嘗試賦予「UFO」新的解讀觀點。
"UFOgakushironioriru"(『Shincho』1999.8, hereinafter referred to as "UFO") is a short story of Haruki Murakami , created after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. Mrs. Komura had been watching TV news from morning to night for 5 days after the earthquake even there was no friends or relatives in the stricken area. On the sixth day, Mr. Komura found out that his wife left a note and disappeared. Before long, he received a divorce settlement from his wife’s parents’ and was forced to accept the divorcement. His colleague, Mr.Sasaki, after knowing him applied for a 7-day leave, asked him bringing a parcel to his sister in Kushiro, Hokkaido. The story among Sasaki's sister, Keiko and her friend ,Ms.Shimao then starts from the moment Komura arrives Kushiro Airport. Murakami mentioned that "Describing what the earthquake brought in a symbolic way. In other words, observing the essentiality by discussing'other things'".Indeed, there are so many marvelous things hardly happened in the real world in "UFO", which seems like a clue to something symbolic. What in the world is that Murakami’s "what the earthquake brought", which is also "the essentiality of the thing?"I believes that this is the key to interpret "UFO".This essay is to provide some new understanding of "UFO"by analyzing the hero, Komura and grasping his changing mental processes. |