『終於悲哀的外國語』異文化觀初探－對日語教育之啟示

A Study of Murakami Haruki''Yagate Kanasiki Gaikokugo''

日語教育之終極目標在於跨文化溝通能力的培育。村上春樹是一位在台灣極有人氣的作家，日語學習者應該有不少人閱讀其作品。閱讀前與閱讀後，日語學習者會有何種文化性的變化？身為日語教師的一員，筆者覺得頗感興趣。村上春樹擔心這20 年來文化得以等價地交流，很多文化成果可以越境互相往來，文化交流日趨成熟的東亞文化圈，恐怕會因為日中韓的領土紛爭而受到破壞，因此於2012 年9 月28 日在「朝日新聞」投稿了一篇短文，呼籲和平溝通的重要性。究竟村上春樹的異文化觀是什麼呢？本論文擬以『終於悲哀的外國語』為文本加以考察。『終於悲哀的外國語』乃是村上春樹依據其自1991 年初起在美國新紐澤西州普林斯頓生活2 年半的所見所聞而書寫的隨筆集。全書除前言和後記之外共有16 篇隨筆。閱讀本書可以觀察到村上春樹的國際觀、跨文化溝通觀與語言觀。期待本研究的成果對於日語教育能夠有所貢獻。

The final purpose of Japanese language education is to train cultural exchange capability of students. In Taiwan, Murakami Haruki is a very popular writer. And, his works should be read by the Japanese students. After students read Murakami Haruki's work, what kind of cultural change will occur? I am interested in that as one of Japanese teachers. Murakami Haruki contributed an essay to Asahi Shimbun on September 28, 2012. Over 20 years ,in the East Asia cultural sphere equivalent exchange of culture is attained and many cultural results are alternating across the border. Murakami Haruki fears that the maturity is destroyed by the friction of Japan, China and South Korea involving a territory. What is Murakami Haruki's cultural view? In this paper, Murakami Haruki's cultural view will be clarified by ''Yagate Kanasiki Gaikokugo''. From early 1991 until the fall of 1993, Haruki Murakami lived in Princeton, New Jersey 2 and a half years. ''Yagate Kanasiki Gaikokugo'' is a collection of essays. It records the life and thoughts of Haruki Murakami in Princeton. Reading this book, you can observe the international view, cross-cultural view, and linguistic view of Haruki Murakami. I look forward to the results of this study can contribute for Japanese language education.